Enrollment Trends at PLNU

The student population at Point Loma Nazarene University is 4,319 (3,154 undergraduate and 1,165 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,127 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PLNU is 73.03% which is increased by 739 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 388 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.93 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

537 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,578.13% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,058 where 4,319 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 739 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 388 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.93 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PLNU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Point Loma Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,192	2,415	913	1,502	777	206	571
2013-14	3,359 167	2,556 141	957 44	1,599 97	803 26	228 22	575 4
2014-15	3,374 15	2,568 12	929 -28	1,639 40	806 3	223 -5	583 8
2015-16	3,663 289	2,767 199	990 61	1,777 138	896 90	250 27	646 63
2016-17	4,098 435	2,995 228	1,059 69	1,936 159	1,103 207	313 63	790 144
2017-18	4,417 319	3,100 105	1,078 19	2,022 86	1,317 214	391 78	926 136
2018-19	4,592 175	3,135 35	1,107 29	2,028 6	1,457 140	413 22	1,044 118
2019-20	4,567 -25	3,203 68	1,117 10	2,086 58	1,364 -93	373 -40	991 -53
2020-21	4,616 49	3,216 13	1,098 -19	2,118 32	1,400 36	357 -16	1,043 52
2021-22	4,445 -171	3,174 -42	1,090 -8	2,084 -34	1,271 -129	371 14	900 -143
2022-23	4,319 -126	3,154 -20	1,098 8	2,056 -28	1,165 -106	376 5	789 -111
Average	4,058	2,935	1,040	1,895	1,124	318	805

Point Loma Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,935 where 3,154 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Point Loma Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,415	2,350	888	1,462	65	25	40
2013-14	2,556	2,483	924	1,559	73	33	40
2014-15	2,568	2,493	890	1,603	75	39	36
2015-16	2,767	2,587	928	1,659	180	62	118
2016-17	2,995	2,534	919	1,615	461	140	321
2017-18	3,100	2,571	941	1,630	529	137	392
2018-19	3,135	2,595	943	1,652	540	164	376
2019-20	3,203	2,611	925	1,686	592	192	400
2020-21	3,216	2,543	862	1,681	673	236	437
2021-22	3,174	2,574	887	1,687	600	203	397
2022-23	3,154	2,729	967	1,762	425	131	294
Average	2,935	2,935	916	1,636	2,935	124	259

Point Loma Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,124 where 1,165 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Point Loma Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	777	151	35	116	626	171	455
2013-14	803	186	57	129	617	171	446
2014-15	806	193	55	138	613	168	445
2015-16	896	290	88	202	606	162	444
2016-17	1,103	398	124	274	705	189	516
2017-18	1,317	484	152	332	833	239	594
2018-19	1,457	511	128	383	946	285	661
2019-20	1,364	511	121	390	853	252	601
2020-21	1,400	638	158	480	762	199	563
2021-22	1,271	559	156	403	712	215	497
2022-23	1,165	509	156	353	656	220	436
Average	1,124	1,124	112	291	1,124	206	514

Point Loma Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.64% and the percentage of black students is 2.66% at Point Loma Nazarene University. 6.92% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Point Loma Nazarene University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	47	195	84	627	19	1,948	89
2013-14	40	198	115	673	25	2,092	146
2014-15	26	187	99	753	28	2,026	172
2015-16	20	186	95	883	32	2,068	242
2016-17	15	244	119	1,042	40	2,194	271
2017-18	15	267	122	1,229	43	2,268	297
2018-19	18	298	119	1,329	39	2,278	314
2019-20	17	297	98	1,310	29	2,303	326
2020-21	14	302	101	1,391	22	2,319	333
2021-22	14	322	105	1,314	21	2,210	311
2022-23	14	299	115	1,259	22	2,144	316
Average	22	254	107	1,074	29	2,168	256

Point Loma Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

537 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,578.13% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Point Loma Nazarene University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,374	32	360	2,982
2015-16	3,663	90	552	3,021
2016-17	4,098	158	543	3,397
2017-18	4,417	241	680	3,496
2018-19	4,592	200	827	3,565
2019-20	4,567	200	965	3,402
2020-21	4,616	274	1,321	3,021
2021-22	4,445	459	1,201	2,785
2022-23	4,319	537	1,262	2,520
Average	4,232	243	857	3,132

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