Accounting at Briar Cliff University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Briar Cliff University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

Briar Cliff is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,076. Of the 196 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Briar Cliff University in 2021, 3 of them were accounting majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Briar Cliff Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

Briar Cliff Accounting Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks accounting programs across the country. The following shows how Briar Cliff performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Briar Cliff is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	572
Best Accounting Schools	785
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	805
	828
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	911
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,559

Earnings of Briar Cliff Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Briar Cliff is $44,709. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Briar Cliff

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Briar Cliff University.

Briar Cliff Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Briar Cliff. About 33% of these graduates were women and the other 67% were men. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at Briar Cliff since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Briar Cliff University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Briar Cliff also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IA, the home state for Briar Cliff University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	19,780	$38,900
Accountants and Auditors	9,600	$67,030
Financial Managers	8,630	$114,620
Financial Analysts	2,410	$83,230
Financial Examiners	1,310	$65,410

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
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.