Graduate School Tuition at Briar Cliff University

Briar Cliff University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Sioux City, IA. It offers 15 graduate programs - 10 Master's, 2 Doctorate, and 3 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $9,366 for all graduate students. A total of 218 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 927 students at Briar Cliff.

Briar Cliff offers online graduate programs and 130 out of 218 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Briar Cliff's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Briar Cliff University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Sioux City, Iowa. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,366. It offers fifteen (15) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Briar Cliff University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	3303 Rebecca Street, Sioux City, IA
Graduate School Students	234 students 130 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$9,366
Student to Faculty	12:1 (8.33%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 15 Graduate Programs 10 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 3 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Briar Cliff University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $9,366 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $444.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$8,268
Fees	$1,098
Cost per Credit	$444
Books & Supplies	$1,544
Room & Board	$10,208 (On-Campus) / $9,894 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,556 (On-Campus) / $4,556 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$25,674
Off-Campus Total	$25,360

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$10,530	$10,530	$10,530	$9,554	$9,366

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Briar Cliff University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 15 major areas - 10 Master's (1 online programs), 2 Doctorate (1 online programs), 3 Post-Master'.

53 students have been conferred Master's degree and 32 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	53	32	-	5
Men	14	12	-	1
Women	39	20	-	4

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Exercise Physiology		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Behavior Analysis		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	22	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$64,700	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing		^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 1,000 students enrolled in Briar Cliff University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 234 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 74 male and 160 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 106 full-time and 128 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 130 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	234	106	128
Men Students	74	46	28
Women Students	160	60	100

By race/ethnicity 178 White, 15 Black, and 9 Asian students are attending at Briar Cliff University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	234	74	160
Asian	5	4	15
Black	15	6	9
Hispanic	17	5	12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	178	50	128
Tow or More Races	8	2	6
Race Unknown	1	0	1

The school has 144 students aged between 22 and 30 and 40 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	234
22-24	88
25-29	56
30-34	20
35-39	20
40 & Over	34

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Briar Cliff, 130 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	218
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	130
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	0
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	88

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	130
Iowa Resident	74
Other State In U.S.	56
Outside of U.S.	0

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