Journalism at Point Loma Nazarene University

If you are interested in studying journalism, you may want to check out the program at Point Loma Nazarene University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,616 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 7 journalism majors received their bachelor's degree from PLNU.

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

PLNU Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

PLNU Journalism Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks journalism programs across the country. The following shows how PLNU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The journalism major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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 Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	98
Best Value Journalism Schools	195
Most Focused Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	197
Most Focused Journalism Schools	219
Most Popular Journalism Schools	268

Journalism Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Journalism Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 journalism students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PLNU, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at PLNU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Communication & Media Studies
• Public Relations & Advertising

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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.