Enrollment Trends at Briar Cliff

The student population at Briar Cliff University is 927 (709 undergraduate and 218 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 247 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Briar Cliff is 76.48% which is decreased by 333 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 86 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

213 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -31.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,132 where 927 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 333 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 86 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Briar Cliff than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Briar Cliff University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,174	1,042	446	596	132	40	92
2014-15	1,135 -39	1,041 -1	430 -16	611 15	94 -38	36 -4	58 -34
2015-16	1,149 14	1,022 -19	445 15	577 -34	127 33	48 12	79 21
2016-17	1,316 167	1,117 95	497 52	620 43	199 72	78 30	121 42
2017-18	1,186 -130	945 -172	386 -111	559 -61	241 42	86 8	155 34
2018-19	1,229 43	976 31	435 49	541 -18	253 12	82 -4	171 16
2019-20	1,129 -100	872 -104	401 -34	471 -70	257 4	79 -3	178 7
2020-21	1,076 -53	817 -55	371 -30	446 -25	259 2	77 -2	182 4
2021-22	1,000 -76	766 -51	363 -8	403 -43	234 -25	74 -3	160 -22
2022-23	927 -73	709 -57	338 -25	371 -32	218 -16	67 -7	151 -9
Average	1,132	931	411	520	201	67	135

Briar Cliff University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 931 where 709 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Briar Cliff University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,042	848	401	447	194	45	149
2014-15	1,041	774	386	388	267	44	223
2015-16	1,022	792	390	402	230	55	175
2016-17	1,117	797	416	381	320	81	239
2017-18	945	720	355	365	225	31	194
2018-19	976	731	382	349	245	53	192
2019-20	872	670	349	321	202	52	150
2020-21	817	587	312	275	230	59	171
2021-22	766	584	305	279	182	58	124
2022-23	709	556	291	265	153	47	106
Average	931	931	359	347	931	53	172

Briar Cliff University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 201 where 218 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Briar Cliff University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	132	33	9	24	99	31	68
2014-15	94	23	8	15	71	28	43
2015-16	127	54	23	31	73	25	48
2016-17	199	87	44	43	112	34	78
2017-18	241	98	46	52	143	40	103
2018-19	253	107	51	56	146	31	115
2019-20	257	98	47	51	159	32	127
2020-21	259	105	45	60	154	32	122
2021-22	234	106	46	60	128	28	100
2022-23	218	112	49	63	106	18	88
Average	201	201	37	46	201	30	89

Briar Cliff University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.49%. The percentage was 78.71% 10 years ago and Briar Cliff still has a high percentage of white students. 1.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Briar Cliff University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	10	18	69	94	1	924	15
2014-15	8	18	62	99	1	894	19
2015-16	11	15	75	114	5	862	17
2016-17	21	22	103	161	9	937	11
2017-18	16	28	114	150	4	805	8
2018-19	18	28	135	159	8	809	7
2019-20	10	31	123	166	9	727	11
2020-21	7	25	88	173	8	693	31
2021-22	5	21	70	170	5	637	41
2022-23	8	14	69	139	3	570	77
Average	11	22	91	143	5	786	24

Briar Cliff University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

213 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -31.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Briar Cliff University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,135	310	0	825
2015-16	1,149	289	103	757
2016-17	1,316	317	82	917
2017-18	1,186	383	79	724
2018-19	1,229	366	91	772
2019-20	1,129	322	143	664
2020-21	1,076	277	449	350
2021-22	1,000	230	156	614
2022-23	927	213	74	640
Average	1,127	301	131	696

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