Professional Programs (continuing education, additional training, and professional development)
Cost and Financial Aid Stats
Our Financial Aid department is dedicated to doing everything we can to offer our incoming and current undergraduate students countless scholarship opportunities to ensure your Briar Cliff education investment is affordable.
Full Time Tuition: $32,526
Average financial aid award: $23,000 (including federal & state grants and loans)
First-time, full-time students receiving aid (percentage): 100%
Students Receiving Aid: 100% percent of first-time, full-time students receive aid to attend BCU.
GRE Code: 7301
These numbers reflect full-time undergraduates for the 2021-22 academic year.
Student Life Stats
Student clubs and organizations can provide a way to bolster your character, gain leadership experience, and meet new people. The best way to make your Briar Cliff University experience your own is to get involved.
Men of Color (MOC) and Women of Color (WOC) are two student-led organizations geared towards teaching Briar Cliff University students, of all backgrounds, the values of inclusiveness and cultural unity by starting conversations and seizing opportunities to create open dialogue and be a catalyst for change and inspire solutions.
Since we know that gender can sometimes play a role in an individual s unique life experiences, MOC and WOC are two separate campus organizations. However, these brother and sister organizations often collaborate to bring about many educational and fun events on our campus and within our community including:
Multicultural dinners
Four Seasons Health Club
Exercise is critical to your mental and physical health. At Briar Cliff, we value taking care of our community, not just as a student or a staff member, but as a whole. That is why we partner with Four Seasons Health Club. As a Briar Cliff University student or employee, you have a free membership to this full service, local fitness center.
Services Available
We treat others with care, compassion, and kindness.
We are welcoming and open to all we meet.
Peacemaking
We encourage open dialogue.
We resolve conflicts through respectful listening and negotiating.
Reverencing Creation
We see all life as sacred and relate to all of creation with a sense of reverence.
We honor the goodness of God’s presence in all of creation.
We strive to live in harmony as sister and brother.
We conserve and preserve our natural resources for future generations.
Connection with Joyful Service
We are open to gratefully receiving the gifts of others.
We give as we have received and joyfully share our gifts with others, locally and globally.
Rachel Knuston Kobold is no stranger to working hard for what she wants.
The desire to succeed has helped Rachel become the determined leader she is today. As Lead Graphic Designer in her Senior Capstone class, Rachel attributes her independence and drive to her mom. While we always had a roof over our heads and food on the table, my siblings and I had to work for the things we wanted. Having to work in high school to pay for things such as my car insurance and basketball gear, caused me to be independent and determined to succeed. says Rachel.