Enrollment Trends at Briar Cliff

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,090 where 947 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,316 students in 2017 and was lowest at 927 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,149 to 947 students, a net loss of 202 (17.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Briar Cliff University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,149	1,022	445	577	127	48	79
2016-17	1,316 167	1,117 95	497 52	620 43	199 72	78 30	121 42
2017-18	1,186 -130	945 -172	386 -111	559 -61	241 42	86 8	155 34
2018-19	1,229 43	976 31	435 49	541 -18	253 12	82 -4	171 16
2019-20	1,129 -100	872 -104	401 -34	471 -70	257 4	79 -3	178 7
2020-21	1,076 -53	817 -55	371 -30	446 -25	259 2	77 -2	182 4
2021-22	1,000 -76	766 -51	363 -8	403 -43	234 -25	74 -3	160 -22
2022-23	927 -73	709 -57	338 -25	371 -32	218 -16	67 -7	151 -9
2023-24	940 13	737 28	362 24	375 4	203 -15	60 -7	143 -8
2024-25	947 7	766 29	392 30	374 -1	181 -22	61 1	120 -23
Average	1,090	873	399	474	217	71	146

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 873 where 766 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Briar Cliff University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,022	792	390	402	230	55	175
2016-17	1,117	797	416	381	320	81	239
2017-18	945	720	355	365	225	31	194
2018-19	976	731	382	349	245	53	192
2019-20	872	670	349	321	202	52	150
2020-21	817	587	312	275	230	59	171
2021-22	766	584	305	279	182	58	124
2022-23	709	556	291	265	153	47	106
2023-24	737	564	310	254	173	52	121
2024-25	766	563	322	241	203	70	133
Average	873	873	343	313	873	56	161

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 217 where 181 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Briar Cliff University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	127	54	23	31	73	25	48
2016-17	199	87	44	43	112	34	78
2017-18	241	98	46	52	143	40	103
2018-19	253	107	51	56	146	31	115
2019-20	257	98	47	51	159	32	127
2020-21	259	105	45	60	154	32	122
2021-22	234	106	46	60	128	28	100
2022-23	218	112	49	63	106	18	88
2023-24	203	118	44	74	85	16	69
2024-25	181	118	48	70	63	13	50
Average	217	217	44	56	217	27	90

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.39%. The percentage was 75.02% 10 years ago and Briar Cliff still has a high percentage of white students. 1.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.91% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.40% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.02% to 58.39%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.31% to 1.06%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.53% to 5.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.92% to 11.40%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6413 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4226 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Briar Cliff University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	11	15	75	114	5	862	17
2016-17	21	22	103	161	9	937	11
2017-18	16	28	114	150	4	805	8
2018-19	18	28	135	159	8	809	7
2019-20	10	31	123	166	9	727	11
2020-21	7	25	88	173	8	693	31
2021-22	5	21	70	170	5	637	41
2022-23	8	14	69	139	3	570	77
2023-24	8	14	58	125	1	617	35
2024-25	10	10	56	108	1	553	29
Average	11	21	89	147	5	721	27