Social Work at Point Loma Nazarene University

If you are interested in studying social work, 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, 13 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from PLNU.

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

PLNU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

PLNU Social Work Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. 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
Most Popular Social Work Schools	551

Social Work Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from PLNU, about 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work 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 social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work 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
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500
Marriage and Family Therapists	21,920	$51,950
Healthcare Social Workers	18,600	$76,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	14,840	$61,640
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	13,560	$89,240

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.