Nursing at Briar Cliff University

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

Briar Cliff is located in Sioux City, Iowa and approximately 1,076 students attend the school each year.

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

Briar Cliff Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

Briar Cliff Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at Briar Cliff is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #327 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Briar Cliff

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

Briar Cliff Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Briar Cliff since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at Briar Cliff are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Briar Cliff Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from Briar Cliff, 91% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Briar Cliff University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Briar Cliff University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	50
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	30
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	7
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	1

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	33,770	$59,130
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,670	$85,800
Nurse Practitioners	1,830	$106,290
Nursing Instructors and Professors	760	$80,490
Nurse Anesthetists	320	$209,130

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.