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Sociology at Point Loma Nazarene University

Sociology at Point Loma Nazarene University

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology program at Point Loma Nazarene University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

PLNU Sociology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

PLNU Sociology Rankings

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

Sociology Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Sociology Bachelor’s Program

40% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of sociology bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 35% more men than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in sociology 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 sociology.

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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 0

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociologists 1,070 $98,560
Sociology Professors 970 $103,600

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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