Grinnell College
Scholarships

Need Is Met, Mostly.

Grinnell is more generous than many other schools when calculating need, but as with most college financial aid programs, it often isn't really enough. Grinnell does have a $2,000 suggested loan cap and there are plenty of work-study jobs on campus. Merit scholarships generally increase the same percentage of tuition annually as well.

Pretty Generous

Most students at Grinnell are awarded financial aid. Usually, when you ask a student why they ultimately chose Grinnell, they will respond that it was the best education they could get for the price.

Hahaha

Grinnell is traditionally viewed as one of the few schools that are need blind admissions. Obviously, from a business standpoint, Grinnell probably wants to give less and less financial aid. It is in my experience, over the last four years, that they are trying to attract students that require no financial aid-- for better or worse.