Nursing at Point Loma Nazarene University

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

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,616 students attend the school each year.

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

PLNU Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

PLNU Nursing Rankings

The nursing major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #234 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Nursing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of nursing bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	50
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

PLNU Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 72% of degree recipients. That is 32% better 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 master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Nursing

If you plan to be a nursing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Point Loma Nazarene University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	160
Nursing Practice	9

Related Majors

• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Allied Health Professions

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Nurse Practitioners	13,420	$133,780
Nursing Instructors and Professors	3,390	$101,320
Nurse Anesthetists	1,180	$212,210

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.