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Choose Your Virtual Visit Path

Build Your Own Path

Grinnell is all about pursuing what makes you curious and exploring at your own pace. So we’re here to help you learn about our culture, campus, and student life — from anywhere. Follow your chosen self-guided path through our collection of videos, online tours, and livestreams to experience what your life at Grinnell could look like.

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    A Place to Seek Answers and Grow

    As a liberal arts and sciences college, we embrace every journey — whether you’re chasing the answers to your “what-ifs” or discovering your deepest passions.

Life as a Grinnellian

It’s more than attending classes and completing assignments. We’ve cultivated a quirky, welcoming community that encourages you to take an active role in creating your best college experience, from self-run student organizations to our vibrant campus culture.  

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Distinctly Grinnellian

Living on Campus

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Residential Life

Whether you’re in a residence hall or interest-based housing, you’ll find a place to live that feels right for you.

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Dining at Grinnell

See the outdoor spaces, student centers, and other parts of campus that you’ll frequent while you’re here.

A Career-Oriented Education, Driven by your Interests

Grinnell is well known and regarded for our unconventional academic approach, with small class sizes, life-changing mentors, and self-directed learning beyond what's typically found in a classroom.
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Dynamic Class Experiences

At Grinnell, you won’t spend all your time sitting in a classroom — in fact, more than half of Grinnell students do part of their learning off campus.

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Academic Support Resources

Grinnell provides all the support and tools you need to map out, prepare for, and navigate your degree.

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Hear from Faculty

From your professors to your faculty adviser, you’ll receive unwavering support and empowering resources to explore what interests you most.

Embracing Differences. Building Coalitions.

Individuals with a range of perspectives and experiences are a crucial part of our culture. Here, we don’t seek one particular kind of student. We embrace every origin story and point of view.

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