by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Point Loma Nazarene University landed the #262 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, PLNU took the #37 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in California.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, PLNU came in at #162.
PLNU also ranked #24 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in California.
Women make up 74.5% of the total graduate student body at PLNU while men make you 25.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at PLNU, around 52.5% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at PLNU. Around 1.1% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,880 | $11,880 |
Master's degree recipients from PLNU earn an average salary of $67,510 during the early years of their career. That's good news for those graduates since it is 16% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Point Loma Nazarene University.
Contact details for PLNU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3900 Lomaland Dr, San Diego, CA 92106-2899 |
| Phone: | 619-849-2200 |
| Website: | www.pointloma.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Diego-CA/Point-Loma-Nazarene-University/26060837166 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/plnu |
Around 72.1% of PLNU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 25.0% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 8 |
| Business Administration & Management | 96 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 34 |
| General Biology | 8 |
| General Education | 140 |
| Health & Physical Education | 140 |
| Nursing | 28 |
| Special Education | 19 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 19 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 9 |
Footnotes
*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.
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