Briar Cliff University Business Programs

Located in Sioux City, Iowa, Briar Cliff University is a private not-for-profit institution. Sioux City is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Briar Cliff University?

Contact details for Briar Cliff are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3303 Rebecca Street, Sioux City, IA 51104
Phone:	712-279-5321
Website:	www.briarcliff.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/briarcliffuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/briar_cliff

How Do I Get Into Briar Cliff?

You can apply to Briar Cliff online at: https://apply.briarcliff.edu/Ellucian.ERecruiting.Web.External/Pages/Welcome.aspx

Briar Cliff University has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Briar Cliff University?

The overall average net price of Briar Cliff is $30,026. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Briar Cliff, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,411 a year. That adds up to $29,644 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Briar Cliff is 5.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Briar Cliff University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 817 undergraduate students at Briar Cliff, with 587 being full-time and 230 being part-time.

There are also 259 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 587 full-time undergraduates at Briar Cliff, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Briar Cliff University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	128
White	317
International Students	40
Other Races/Ethnicities	39

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Briar Cliff University. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Briar Cliff. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Rwanda, United Kingdom, and Ecuador.

Online Learning at Briar Cliff University

In 2019-2020, 726 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Briar Cliff has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Briar Cliff

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Briar Cliff University was $33,308 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Briar Cliff is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Operations Management	#73	#73

Online Growth Rankings of Briar Cliff

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Briar Cliff University was -2.4%. This is the #1,622 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Briar Cliff regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Briar Cliff ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Briar Cliff.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Operations Management	#64
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#190
Human Resource Management	#319

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Briar Cliff University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	14	16	30
Accounting	3	0	3
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	2	0	2
International Business/Trade/Commerce	2	0	2
Operations Management	1	0	1
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	1	0	1
Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0
TOTAL	23	16	39

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.