Point Loma Nazarene University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Point Loma Nazarene University is a private master's university in San Diego, CA (city setting), with 3,158 undergraduates (67% women), affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene. It admitted 82% of 3,065 applicants — lower half for selectivity among Division II schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 1140–1410 on the SAT and 22–30 on the ACT (test-optional). Cost of attendance is $60,868 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $36,370 on average after grants (bottom quarter for affordability in its division). 74% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, health professions & nursing, family & consumer sciences. The campus reported 0.28 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — top quarter for safety among Division II schools.
Against Division II schools
Percentile among 299 Division II institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Point Loma Nazarene University ranks
4 top-ten finishes among Division II schools, across 64 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Private · Master's university
- Affiliation
- Church of the Nazarene
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 74%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $43,550
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 1 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 3 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Point Loma Nazarene University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Point Loma Nazarene University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | Pacific West Conference | 32 | — | 5 | $833k | $26,022 | — | |
| Baseball | Pacific West Conference | 32 | — | 1 | $1.1M | $33,537 | — | |
| Men's Basketball | Pacific West Conference | 16 | — | 1 | $1.1M | $69,620 | — | |
| Women's Basketball | Pacific West Conference | 17 | — | 1 | $980k | $57,655 | — | |
| Women's Cross Country | Pacific West Conference | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Women's Golf | Pacific West Conference | 9 | — | 2 | $364k | $40,474 | — | |
| Men's Soccer | Pacific West Conference | 30 | — | 1 | $742k | $24,730 | — | |
| Men's Tennis | Pacific West Conference | 10 | — | 1 | $276k | $27,576 | — | |
| Women's Tennis | Pacific West Conference | 7 | — | 2 | $304k | $43,424 | — | |
| Women's Track & Field | Pacific West Conference | 57 | — | 1 | $782k | $13,713 | — | |
| Women's Volleyball | Pacific West Conference | 18 | — | 1 | $769k | $42,699 | — |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.