Accounting at Point Loma Nazarene University

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Point Loma Nazarene University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,616 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from PLNU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

PLNU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

PLNU Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at PLNU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	487
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	643
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	903
Most Popular Accounting Schools	1,127
Most Focused Accounting Schools	1,550

Accounting Student Demographics at PLNU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Point Loma Nazarene University.

PLNU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from PLNU. Of these graduates, 87% were men and 13% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 45% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at PLNU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PLNU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Management Information Systems
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Point Loma Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	186,970	$47,750
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	22,650	$51,520

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OperaSmorg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.