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Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA · Private (nonprofit) · 3,553 students · mostly bachelor degrees
494th-cheapest of 495 California colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$58,098
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$93,512
Graduation rate
83%
Admission rate
63%
Median graduate earnings
$82,939
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$23,510
Average SAT
1384
Median ACT
28
Pell grant recipients
20%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
78 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree655 grads/yr$141,949Educational/Instructional Technology · Doctoral Degree7 grads/yr$133,031Law · Doctoral Degree$126,561Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General · Master's Degree71 grads/yr$123,307Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Doctoral Degree54 grads/yr$120,410Dispute Resolution · Master's Degree148 grads/yr$110,166Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$104,943Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Doctoral Degree$103,432International Business/Trade/Commerce · Bachelor's Degree14 grads/yr$100,595Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree54 grads/yr$95,306Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree186 grads/yr$91,227Public Relations/Image Management · Bachelor's Degree85 grads/yr$81,417Education Policy Analysis · Master's Degree34 grads/yr$81,037Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree38 grads/yr$75,954Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other · Master's Degree118 grads/yr$73,551Industrial and Organizational Psychology · Master's Degree674 grads/yr$70,729Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree51 grads/yr$65,100Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree92 grads/yr$64,374International/Globalization Studies · Bachelor's Degree18 grads/yr$62,495Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree89 grads/yr$61,353Broadcast Journalism · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$58,801Radio and Television · Bachelor's Degree3 grads/yr$55,432Psychology, General · Master's Degree269 grads/yr$52,526Musical Theatre · Bachelor's Degree23 grads/yr$50,594
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.