Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego, CA
Point Loma Nazarene University admitted 2,952 of 3,566 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (82.8%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Point Loma Nazarene University
Three things Point Loma Nazarene University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The admit rate rose from 69% to 82% over 5 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 5 years
8.4% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 3.9% sent an ACT. Point Loma Nazarene University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $38,729 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
82.8%
2,952 admitted of 3,566 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1135–1350
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
25–31
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.65
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
8.4%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
3.9%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Point Loma Nazarene University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 69% to 82%.
What Point Loma Nazarene University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $38,729 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $30,999
- $30k–$48k
- $32,117
- $48k–$75k
- $32,888
- $75k–$110k
- $33,003
- Over $110k
- $41,680
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: 2 you would write.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
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Other colleges in California
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Colleges with a nearby acceptance rate
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