- The Inkwell
- Iowa
- Briar Cliff University
Sioux City, IACity: smallZIP 51104Founded 1930
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1930
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.briarcliff.edu
IowaReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Briar Cliff University
Briar Cliff University is a private nonprofit university in Sioux City, Iowa, with 624 undergraduates. It graduates 46% within six years and costs $27,472 a year after aid.
46%graduate
Retention64%
4-year graduation39%
Pell Grant share29%
Federal loans46%
$27,472net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
46%graduate in 6 years
$59,643median earnings, 10 yrs
$20,792median debt
#788 of 1,704 for earnings#1,365 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,187 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $58,112tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,064
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,064
- Average net price
- $27,472national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,729
$30,001–48,000$23,860
$48,001–75,000$26,301
$75,001–110,000$30,461
$110,001+$30,448
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college64%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college46%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college29%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 46%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 39%
- First-year retention
- 64%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 51%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,203
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,643middle 50%: $42,308–$79,392
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,792
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$79,392
Median, Briar Cliff University$59,643
Lower quarter$42,308
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 624
- Part-time
- 9.9%
- Women / men
- 46% / 54%
- Average age at entry
- 23.9
- First-generation students
- 36%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 29%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 63%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,888 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,458
- Endowment, end of year
- $23,114,395
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White59%
Hispanic15%
Black7.4%
Asian0.8%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident12%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown0.2%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management22%
Parks, recreation & fitness16%
Public administration & social service15%
Health professions13%
Biological & biomedical sciences11%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting6.3%
Psychology5.6%
Education4.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 152992. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q4965764.