Private nonprofit · Grinnell, Iowa
Grinnell College: cost, debt and earnings by major
12 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $15,203
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 86%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 15%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 1,729
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $8,750
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- ≤ 5%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $8,161 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $10,181 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $8,994 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $14,345 |
| $110,000+ | $41,634 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Bachelor's programs (12)
- Economics$110,724
- Computer Science$109,892
- Political Science and Government$68,518
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$59,638
- Research and Experimental Psychology$57,752
- Biology, General$56,275
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$54,983
- History$54,703
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$53,105
- Sociology$41,748 (1 yr)
- English Language and Literature, General$36,854
- Fine and Studio Arts$35,988 (1 yr)