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Pepperdine University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Malibu, California. Malibu is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Pepperdine University?

Contact details for Pepperdine are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263
Phone:	310-506-4000
Website:	www.pepperdine.edu

How Do I Get Into Pepperdine?

You can apply to Pepperdine online at: https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/admission/application/undergraduate

Admission Requirements for Pepperdine

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Pepperdine?

Pepperdine has an acceptance rate of 53%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 53%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to Pepperdine submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 710. Math scores were between 630 and 730.

Pepperdine received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 33. Math scores were between 23 and 29. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

Can I Afford Pepperdine University?

The overall average net price of Pepperdine is $51,945. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Pepperdine, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,724 a year. That adds up to $30,896 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Pepperdine is 0.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Pepperdine University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,708 undergraduate students at Pepperdine, with 3,427 being full-time and 281 being part-time.

There are also 6,738 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,427 full-time undergraduates at Pepperdine, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pepperdine University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	456
Black or African American	153
Hispanic or Latino	577
White	1,608
International Students	309
Other Races/Ethnicities	324

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Pepperdine University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 90 countries are represented at Pepperdine. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia.

Online Learning at Pepperdine University

In 2020-2021, 3,749 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Pepperdine has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 29th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Pepperdine

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Pepperdine University was 181.5%. This is the #212 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Pepperdine regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Infratec~commonswiki under License

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