Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Iowa, USA, founded by a group of forward-thinking New Englanders and ranked 15th in the US by US News 2023. "Grinnell is a quiet, relaxing campus that is perfect for studying. The faculty-student ratio is 8:1, and the small class sizes are designed to cultivate elite talent, so that every Grinnell student can receive full attention and guidance from their professors.

 

When Grinnell was founded, it set its goal to serve the different professions, the honorable duties of life. In pursuit of this mission, the school proposes open-mindedness and freedom of questioning in its education, expecting each graduate to have a clear mind, to be persuasive and even eloquent, and to be able to look critically at his or her own thinking and that of the next person.