Grinnell earned 62 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 3 in the top 1%, 12 in the top 5%, 25 in the top 10% and 22 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 57 in Location Diversity (Iowa), a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 62 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 3 / 12
Highest placement: #1 of 57, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 11
Placements this edition: 150
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has Grinnell College Earned?
Grinnell College holds 62 ranking badges across 11 fields of study, 15 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s online-program rankings. Rankings on this page are updated as new federal data is released. The current ranking cycle is 2027 edition. The tier columns show the best placement reached in each ranking. Find out more about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
3
Top 5%
12
Top 10%
25
Top 15%
22
Total
62
What Is Grinnell College Known For?
Grinnell College is best known for Social Sciences: 6 of its 39 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Sociology, Physics and Biochemistry & Biophysics.
In College Factual’s 2027 athletics rankings, Grinnell College earned 23 badges across 17 sports, 1 of them in the top 5% or better; its highest placement is #27 of 613 in Golf.
Grinnell College earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #4,079 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans.
College Factual’s rankings are drawn from U.S. Department of Education data, 2027 edition. Grinnell College appears in 150 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team