Student Population at Point Loma Nazarene University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
4,319	3,154	1,165

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,319 students have enrolled in Point Loma Nazarene University with 3,154 undergraduate and 1,165 graduate students.

By gender, 1,474 male and 2,845 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

537 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,262 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Point Loma Nazarene University has a total of 4,319 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,154 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,165 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,474 male and 2,845 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	4,319	3,154	1,165
Men	1,474	1,098	376
Women	2,845	2,056	789

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,144 White, 115 Black, and 299 Asian students out of a total of 4,319 are attending at Point Loma Nazarene University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	14	4	10
Asian	299	117	182
Black	115	56	59
Hispanic	1,259	404	855
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	22	6	16
White	2,144	720	1,424
Two or more races	316	104	212
Race Unknown	101	42	59

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	9	3	6
Asian	222	95	127
Black	70	35	35
Hispanic	809	266	543
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	12	3	9
White	1,682	576	1,106
Two or more races	256	80	176
Race Unknown	62	26	36

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	1	4
Asian	77	22	55
Black	45	21	24
Hispanic	450	138	312
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	3	7
White	462	144	318
Two or more races	60	24	36
Race Unknown	39	16	23

Student Age Distribution

By age, PLNU has 46 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 2,998 students under 25 years old, and 1,321 students over 25 years old out of 4,319 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 46 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. PLNU has 2,737 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 417 students aged 25 and over.

It has 261 graduate students aged under 25 and 904 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	46	31	15
18-19	1,218	791	427
20-21	1,120	762	358
22-24	614	385	229
25-29	537	366	171
30-34	299	188	111
35-39	171	109	62
40-49	216	144	72
50-64	94	67	27
Over 65	4	2	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	46	31	15
18-19	1,218	791	427
20-21	1,113	755	358
22-24	360	202	158
25-29	176	111	65
30-34	96	62	34
35-39	57	36	21
40-49	62	47	15
50-64	24	21	3
Over 65	2	0	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Point Loma Nazarene University, 537 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,262 students are enrolled in some online courses.

520 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	4,319	537	1,262
Undergraduate	3,154	201	732
Graduate	1,165	336	530

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.
All Students	520	17
Undergraduate	193	8
Graduate	327	9

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,154 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 321 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.18%.198 students have transferred in as full-time status and 123 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,531
Transfer-in Full-time	198
Regular Part-time	302
Transfer-in Part-time	123

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