SAT Scores Trends at PLNU

SAT Scores Over Time

The 2025 SAT score is 1260 at PLNU. Over the past 11 years, the average SAT score is 1113 (25^th percentile) and 1312 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted SAT scores are relatively competitive and high (above the national average) at PLNU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in SAT scores at Point Loma Nazarene University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• SAT Total
• SAT Math
• SAT EBRW

Year	Total			Math			Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th
2015-16	1,020	1,135	1,250	510	570	630	510	565	620
2016-17	1,030	1,135	1,240	520	570	620	510	565	620
2017-18	1,100	1,195	1,290	540	590	640	560	605	650
2018-19	1,140	1,220	1,300	560	605	650	580	615	650
2019-20	1,140	1,225	1,310	560	610	660	580	615	650
2020-21	1,100	1,195	1,290	540	590	640	560	605	650
2021-22	1,170	1,260	1,350	570	620	670	600	640	680
2022-23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-24	1,140	1,270	1,410	550	630	700	590	640	710
2024-25	1,175	1,260	1,365	565	615	670	610	645	695
Average	1113	1211	1312	546	600	653	567	611	658

^*SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing replaces SAT critical reading and writing since year 2017.

^**The SAT Writing score is excluded from the total scores for year from 2011 to 2016.

ACT Scores Over Time

The 2025 ACT score is 28 at PLNU. Over the past 11 years, the average ACT score of the last 11 years is 23 (25^th percentile) and 29 (75^th percentile). Compared to similar schools, the submitted ACT scores are relatively competitive and high (above the national average) at PLNU.

The following table and chart show the changes in ACT scores at Point Loma Nazarene University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• ACT Composite
• ACT Math
• ACT English

Year	Composite			English			Math
	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th	25th	50th	75th
2015-16	23	26	28	23	27	30	23	26	28
2016-17	23	26	28	23	27	30	23	26	28
2017-18	23	26	28	23	26	29	22	25	27
2018-19	24	27	29	24	28	31	23	25	27
2019-20	24	27	29	23	27	31	23	26	28
2020-21	23	26	28	23	27	30	22	25	27
2021-22	22	26	30	22	28	33	22	25	28
2023-24	22	27	30	23	26	32	19	24	27
2024-25	25	28	32	23	29	34	23	26	28
Average	23	26	29	23	27	31	22	25	28

Compare SAT Score Change to Similar Colleges

The following table compares Point Loma Nazarene University' SAT score to similar schools.