Student Population at Briar Cliff

Total Enrollment

947

Undergraduate

766

Graduate

181

Online Enrollment

174

Men Students

453

Women Students

494

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 947 students have enrolled at Briar Cliff University - 766 undergraduate and 181 graduate.

By gender, 453 male and 494 female students are attending Briar Cliff University. By attendance status, there are 681 full-time students and 266 part-time students.

The number of students at Briar Cliff University is small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa.

Briar Cliff University offers online degree/certificate programs and 174 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Briar Cliff's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa.

The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa average (1,514 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Briar Cliff University	947	766	181
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Iowa	1,514	1,195	551

The below chart compares the student population between Briar Cliff University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 453 male and 494 female students attending Briar Cliff. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.92 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Briar Cliff.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Briar Cliff
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	766	563	203
Men	392	322	70
Women	374	241	133

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Briar Cliff
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	181	118	63
Men	61	48	13
Women	120	70	50

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 553 White students (58.39%) and 108 Hispanic students (11.40%) at Briar Cliff University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Briar Cliff University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Briar Cliff University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	9	6	3
Asian	9	6	3
Black or African American	46	35	11
Hispanic	98	48	50
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	408	199	209
Two or More Races	25	13	12
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	92	40	52
Total	766	392	374

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Briar Cliff University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	1	0
Asian	1	0	1
Black or African American	10	3	7
Hispanic	10	5	5
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	145	45	100
Two or More Races	4	2	2
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	6	1	5
Total	181	61	120

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 777 students whose age under twenty five and 114 students whose age is over thirty years old at Briar Cliff University.

Especially, 136 students are younger than eighteen.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Briar Cliff University.

Population by Student Age at Briar Cliff University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	766	392	374
Under 18	136	53	83
18-19	228	137	91
20-21	240	128	112
22-24	85	53	32
25-29	15	6	9
30-34	26	7	19
35-39	16	4	12
40-49	12	2	10
50-64	7	2	5
unknown	1	0	1
Total	766	392	374

Population by Student Age at Briar Cliff University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	181	61	120
20-21	3	3	0
22-24	85	36	49
25-29	40	14	26
30-34	17	5	12
35-39	10	2	8
40-49	21	1	20
50-64	5	0	5
Total	181	61	120

Online Student Population

At Briar Cliff University, 283 students (29.88% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 174 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 114 students live in Iowa where Briar Cliff University is located in and 59 students have enrolled from other states.