Grand View University
School info
3.4
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
2.4
Clubs
3.3
Facilities
4
Internet
2.8
Location
3.3
Opportunities
3.4
Safety
3.9
Social
3.2
Happiness
3.8
Basic Information
Location
- Des Moines, IA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private liberal arts university
- Established: 1896; 128 years ago (1896)
- Founder: Members of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Academic information
Degree Courses
- 40+ undergraduate
- 6 graduate
Key Area
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Undergraduate Research Projects
- STEM Education
- Health Sciences
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 1,886 (Spring 2020)
- Undergraduates: 1,761 (Spring 2020)
- Postgraduates: 125 (Spring 2020)
- Academic Staff: 90
Notable Alumni
- Molly Bolin
- B. J. Hill
- Kelley Johnson
- Devan Walker
- Brad Zaun
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 5
Proud to be a Viking!
Overall 4.9
Loved the small campus and friendly staff and students.
Overall 4.7
I definitely feel at home here, the professors genuinely care about their students and the services available for us students are awesome. Highly recommend giving this school at least a visit!
Overall 4.5
My favorite college and I've been to about 3 of them in total. Classes are fun and engaging, professors are super chill, and I actually really really enjoy my major. Ignore state colleges, they are TERRIBLE especially in Iowa. Totally recommend just switching to a private college you won't regret it.
Overall 4.4
This school has great teachers and opportunities! For those not interested in athletics, there are many clubs to get involved in. Everyone is super friendly and inclusive. The school offers free on campus tutoring and tons of places to study it hang out. The one problem is that the internet is down often, which gets annoying.
Overall 4.2
I am happy with choosing Grand View as my home, but they could definitely use improvements.
Overall 4
What I love about Grand View are the small-size classes. I prefer it than being in a lecture hall with 200 or more students. Small classes give professors a chance to focus a little more on their students. The professors here at Grand View are very approachable and helpful. Also, almost every staff I have met so far are nice and helpful as well.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.3
HATE IT
Overall 1.3
The food is disgusting. Have found grasshoppers in the food and have gotten food poisoning. It's an expensive school for how cheap they are to you.
Overall 1.3
Not Specified.
Overall 1.7
Don't choose this school because you want to play sports choose it because you love it academically. This school is pretty much like high school everyone is in a clique professors can fail you for missing 5 classes. Campus is dead on the weekends because most people don't really like the school they're just there as athletes. Expensive as hell
Overall 1.9
if you like having schools steal money away from you and having councilors that don't care about students then this is the school for you.
Overall 1.9
Grand View is an older university that is currently undergoing many changes. So with that statement, our bulidings are in older style and fucntion. The buildings are in close walking distance, but the cross walk is dangerous at times! Grand View is great about shoveling snow, but there are many puddles.
Overall 2
Grand view is quality school except computer Science department. they need to hire quality professor . Ryan is awesome professor and always willing to help, however someone like john McTieger need to be released. i look up his name and it show up as drake university Professor. all of the his feedback are negative. i am assuming drake released.
Overall 2
Man, I should have went to another school but that's what you get when you wait until the last minute to send in all of your school application information. Don't do what I did and end up a school that accepts you the next day after you send in your applications. Other than that, I did get the chance to meet some amazing people while I was there.