Located along the Missouri River where Iowa meets Nebraska and South Dakota, Sioux City is the state’s fourth-largest city and a regional hotspot for business, culture, and entertainment.
Right in the middle of it all is Morningside University—where you get the best of both worlds. A close-knit, supportive campus community with easy access to all the perks of a vibrant, mid-sized city.
Where Your Education Meets Opportunity
Morningside’s Sioux City location puts you close to the businesses, organizations and people who can help shape your future. With strong connections throughout the community, you’ll have opportunities to gain real-world experience through internships and externships, build your professional network and put what you learn in the classroom into practice. From business and health care to education, the sciences, media and the arts, Sioux City gives you a place to learn, connect and start building your career.
Sioux City is home to more than 100 national retailers and locally-owned stores, including Target, Walmart, Old Navy, Five Below, Fleet Farm, American Eagle, and Scheels.
On-campus dining is pretty great, but are also plenty of options if you are ready to change it up. National chain restaurants like Buffalo Wild Wings, Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, Chipotle, and more are just minutes from campus. Plus, there is plenty of great, Insta-worthy local fare, too, like Bob Roe’s, Jim’s Burger, and perennial student favorite La Juanita’s (better known by most as La Jua’s). During warmer weather months, you can also find some outstanding local food trucks, including a few that park adjacent to campus.
Sioux City is home to a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team, the Sioux City Musketeers; a professional baseball team, the Sioux City Explorers; and a professional indoor football team, the Sioux City Bandits. If you want to get active, you’ll also find everything from fitness centers, ice skating rinks, frisbee golf, rec leagues, snow tubing, and more.
From Grammy award-winners to Tony award-winners, Sioux City keeps upping its entertainment game. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino brings national entertainment acts year-round, including an outdoor concert series that brought Post Malone, Ke$ha, and Pitbull to name a few. The Orpheum Theatre is home to the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and hosts off-Broadway productions, music acts, and other performers. And the Tyson Events Center also hosts concerts ranging from Tim McGraw to Florida Georgia Line, as well as other entertainment and sporting events.
If fresh air and sunshine are your thing, Sioux City has no shortage of outdoor options. Stone State Park, Dorothy Pecaut Nature Preserve, Bacon Creek Park, Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve, and the Loess Hills are all great places to explore. Plus, Sioux City’s Cone Park was named the #1 attraction in Iowa in 2018.
Welcome to Sioux City
