Information Technology at Point Loma Nazarene University

If you plan to study information technology, 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, 33 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from PLNU.

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

PLNU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT

PLNU Information Technology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks IT programs across the country. The following shows how PLNU performed in these rankings.

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 IT major at PLNU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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 Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	187
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	201

IT Student Demographics at PLNU

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

PLNU Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in IT from PLNU. About 21% of these graduates were women and the other 79% were men.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in IT 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 IT.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Systems Analysts	67,950	$103,930
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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.