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Religious Studies at Point Loma Nazarene University

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Religious Studies at Point Loma Nazarene University

If you are interested in studying religious studies, 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 the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in religion from PLNU.

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

PLNU Religious Studies Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Religion

PLNU Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Studies. 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.

Religion Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 religion majors earned their bachelor's degree from PLNU. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 34% women. So female students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 30% more women than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at PLNU are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religion 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 religion.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion 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
Philosophy and Religion Professors 2,220 $114,370
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors 1,280 $96,200

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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