Description Ear to ear might be pushing it, but the students at Grinnell College have reason to be happy. On the 120-acre campus in rural, Iowa, more than 1,600 students choose from courses in social studies, science, and the humanities at this private liberal arts school. The college has an open curriculum, allowing students to design their own academic programs. It also offers general literary studies and has campuses in London and Washington, DC. Grinnell's endowment is about $1.4 billion. The college, which was founded in 1846, is named after abolitionist minister Josiah Bushnell Grinnell.
Grinnell College has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 253 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Grinnell College employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 89% of employees would recommend working at Grinnell College to a friend. This is based on 254 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
92% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Grinnell College as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Grinnell College.