Grinnell College

Academics

Grinnell is one of the few colleges in the United States with an "open curriculum," meaning that students are free from distributional requirements. However, all students are required to take a writing-intensive "tutorial" during their Freshman year. Grinnell offers academic programs through twenty-six major departments and eleven interdisciplinary concentrations. In recent years the most popular academic programs have been Biology, History, English, Political Science, and Economics.

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An unusually high proportion of graduates go on to earn Ph.D.'s and Grinnell students have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Watson Fellowships, and Fulbright Scholarships. Recent data place Grinnell at No. 10 of all U.S. institutions for the proportion of graduates who go on to earn Ph.D. degrees and No. 15 for graduating female Ph.D. earners.

Related Topics:
Rhodes Scholarships - Watson Fellowships - Fulbright Scholarships

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