Finance at Point Loma Nazarene University

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

PLNU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 4,592 students attend the school each year. Of the 188 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2019, 18 of them were finance majors.

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

PLNU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

PLNU Finance Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	362
Most Popular Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
Best Finance Schools	393
Most Focused Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	410
Most Popular Finance Schools	422
Most Focused Finance Schools	445

Finance Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Finance Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 finance students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from PLNU, about 89% were men and 11% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance 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 finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

PLNU also has a doctoral program available in finance. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Loan Officers	37,030	$78,940
Chief Executives	30,290	$228,270

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.