Briar Cliff University

3303 Rebecca St, Sioux city, IA 51104 -  View Map

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• The Briar Cliff University has one of patience, perseverance, and unyielding commitment. It is an institution with a rich Catholic heritage and a strong tradition of service to the community.
• Students can choose from over 40 areas of study, including a number of interdepartmental and divisional majors, and pre-professional programs including nursing, business, social work, education and mass communications. The average class size is about 20 students with a student-to-faculty ratio of 13 to 1. Graduate programs are offered in nursing, education, and human resource management.
• The Briar Cliff experience includes academic achievement and scholarship, recreation, leadership development, social activities, athletics, clubs, and student organizations. The distinctive beauty of our campus on the Cliff makes it an ideal setting for learning and living. Sioux City offers everything from indoor and outdoor concerts and sporting events to an array of cultural offerings, coffee bars, and serious shopping.
• We are located at the edge of urban development, but just minutes from downtown Sioux City (tri-state metro population: 125,000). Located where the states of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota meet, Sioux City is connected with other metropolitan areas by Interstate Highway 29 and Sioux Gateway Airport.The hilltop campus includes three academic buildings, four residence halls, a chapel, library, Newman Flanagan Center (athletic facilities), McCoy-Arnold Center, and the Stark Student Center.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Three local athletes sign to play at Briar Cliff University (The Times-News)
  posted on July 14, 2011 at 04:59:54 am
  With Twin Falls High School graduate Ricky Akridge acting as the ringleader, he and two buddies from Canyon Ridge are trekking to Iowa to play college sports.
• Local students honored for academics at Briar Cliff (Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune)
  posted on June 8, 2011 at 08:56:59 pm
  SIOUX CITY -- Briar Cliff University students, faculty, staff and administrators were recognized at the 2011 Honors Convocation held on May 12, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Grace on campus. The...
• BCU campus visit day set (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on June 5, 2011 at 06:23:00 pm
  SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- High school juniors who want to know more about Briar Cliff University are invited to Campus Visit Day on Friday.
• About People (Denison Bulletin & Review)
  posted on June 2, 2011 at 04:56:28 pm
  The following area students graduated from Briar Cliff University in Sioux City on Saturday May 21:
• Briar Cliff cited for community service (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 10:50:25 pm
  SIOUX CITY -- The Corporation for National and Community Service recently recognized Briar Cliff University as a leader among institutions of higher education for the Sioux City school's support of volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

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