Music at Point Loma Nazarene University

If you plan to study music, take a look at what Point Loma Nazarene University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,616 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 10 music majors received their bachelor's degree from PLNU.

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

PLNU Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music

PLNU Music Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The music major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Music. 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 Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	384
Most Popular Music Schools	483

Music Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Music Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in music from PLNU. About 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at PLNU since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music 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 music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Design & Applied Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Music Directors and Composers	1,230	$64,600

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By OperaSmorg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.