Public Administration & Social Service at Briar Cliff University

Every public administration and social service school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public administration and social service program at Briar Cliff University stacks up to those at other schools.

Briar Cliff is located in Sioux City, Iowa and approximately 1,076 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students received a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Briar Cliff.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Administration & Social Service section at the bottom of this page.

Briar Cliff Public Administration & Social Service Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration & Social Service

Briar Cliff Public Administration & Social Service Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public administration and social service progam at Briar Cliff compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 public administration and social service major at Briar Cliff is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Administration & Social Service. 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
Most Focused Public & Social Service Schools	98
Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	308
Best Public & Social Service Schools	340
Best Value Public & Social Service Schools	570
Most Popular Public & Social Service Schools	590

Public Administration & Social Service Student Demographics at Briar Cliff

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public administration and social service majors at Briar Cliff University.

Briar Cliff Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 students earned a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service from Briar Cliff. About 79% of these graduates were women and the other 21% were men. The typical public administration and social service bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Briar Cliff since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public administration and social service 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 public administration and social service.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Briar Cliff also has a doctoral program available in public administration and social service. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Administration & Social Service

If you plan to be a public administration and social service major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Social Work	29

Related Majors

• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
• Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting

Careers That Public Administration & Social Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in public administration and social service 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
General and Operations Managers	23,570	$99,720
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,670	$85,800
Social and Human Service Assistants	4,660	$35,030
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,930	$44,720
Managers	2,880	$101,360

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.