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General Psychology at Point Loma Nazarene University

General Psychology at Point Loma Nazarene University

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

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and has a total student population of 4,616.

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

PLNU General Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

PLNU General Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Psychology. 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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About 66% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in psychology 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 psychology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 41
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Concentrations Within General Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Point Loma Nazarene University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology 72

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers 66,300 $143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 17,310 $108,350
Psychology Professors 4,530 $117,990
Psychologists 2,080 $114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 40 $149,820

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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