Briar Cliff College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 70% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 42% of our freshman graduate in four years.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business administration/management
• nursing
• elementary education

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Trimester System (three terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions, two of five weeks each and one of one week.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in June and July.

• 13% continue immediately.

• Medical School: 3%
• Graduate Business Programs: 3%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 2%

• Creighton University, University of Iowa, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of Osteopathic
• Medicine in DesMoines, University of South Dakota.

• Gateway 2000, Marian Health Center, Midwest Power, Principle Financial, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center.

• Sr. Margaret Wick, president, Briar Cliff Coll; Rosemary Mullany, assistant secretary for administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Thomas Mullin, attorney, Woodbury County.