Pepperdine University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $19,500
Students with federal loans: 38.4%
Students with Pell grants: 19.6%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $49,653
After 5 years: $79,256
Majors(43 programs)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(185 graduates)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.(109 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(78 graduates)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(67 graduates)
- International/Global Studies.(53 graduates)
- Economics.(47 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(43 graduates)
- Biology, General.(40 graduates)
- International Business.(28 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(24 graduates)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.(20 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(20 graduates)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(17 graduates)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.(16 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(16 graduates)
- Philosophy.(15 graduates)
- Mathematics.(14 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(13 graduates)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(13 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.(12 graduates)
- Religion/Religious Studies.(12 graduates)
- Sociology.(12 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(12 graduates)
- Music.(11 graduates)
- Journalism.(10 graduates)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(10 graduates)
- Nutrition Sciences.(8 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(7 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(7 graduates)
- Mathematics and Computer Science.(6 graduates)
- Physics.(5 graduates)
- History.(5 graduates)
- Chemistry.(4 graduates)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.(3 graduates)
- Area Studies.(1 graduates)
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(1 graduates)
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(1 graduates)
- Natural Sciences.(1 graduates)
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Sustainability Studies.
- Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 3,629 students
Admission Rate: 49.9%
Retention Rate: 86.0%
Graduation Rate: 84.7%
Student Demographics
White (44.6%)
Hispanic (18.7%)
Black (3.6%)
Asian (15.0%)
Two or More (7.5%)
International (8.3%)
Gender Distribution
Men (41.0%)
Women (59.0%)