Graduate School Tuition at Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Malibu, CA. It offers 36 graduate programs - 30 Master's, 5 Doctorate, and 1 Post-bachelor's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $42,020 for all graduate students. A total of 6,368 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 10,030 students at Pepperdine.

Pepperdine offers online graduate programs and 2,982 out of 6,368 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Doctorate Educational Leadership and Administration program has the highest salary ($91,000) after graduation and the Master's Business Administration and Management program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $89,700 average salary.

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Graduate Program Overview

Pepperdine University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Malibu, California. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $42,020. It offers thirty-six (36) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Pepperdine University
Type	four-years, private (not-for-profit)
Address	24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA
Graduate School Students	6,738 students 2,982 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	$42,020
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 36 Graduate Programs 30 Master's, 5 Doctorate, 1 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Pepperdine University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

The tuition & fees is $42,020 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $2,068.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	Amounts
Tuition	$41,400
Fees	$620
Cost per Credit	$2,068
Books & Supplies	$1,000
Room & Board	$23,270 (On-Campus) / $23,270 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,500 (On-Campus) / $2,500 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$68,790
Off-Campus Total	$68,790

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Tuition & Fees	$35,020	$36,320	$37,420	$39,720	$42,020

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Pepperdine University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 36 major areas - 30 Master's (3 online programs), 5 Doctorate , 1 Post-Bachelor'.

2,092 students have been conferred Master's degree and 272 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	2,092	272	7	-
Men	699	121	3	-
Women	1,393	151	4	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nutrition Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
American/United States Studies/Civilization	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Communication	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Radio and Television		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	37^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	$91,000	-
Urban Education and Leadership	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Learning Sciences	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	67	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	125	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Financial Mathematics	37	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Dispute Resolution	121	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Religion/Religious Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Theology and Religious Vocations

what is Theology and Religious Vocations program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Divinity/Ministry		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	220	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$45,000	-	-
Clinical Psychology	451		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,400	$69,400	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	185	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Policy Analysis	33	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$49,300	-	-

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Playwriting and Screenwriting	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	448		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$89,700	-	-
Organizational Leadership	76^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	46	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Human Resources Development	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
International Business/Trade/Commerce	107	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Science	60	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Real Estate	24	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	$91,000	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$89,700	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	$61,400	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Clinical Psychology			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,400	$69,400	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,446 students enrolled in Pepperdine University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 6,738 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 2,032 male and 4,706 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 2,950 full-time and 3,788 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 2,982 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 1,050 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,738	2,950	3,788
Men Students	2,032	1,061	971
Women Students	4,706	1,889	2,817

By race/ethnicity 2,723 White, 721 Black, and 696 Asian students are attending at Pepperdine University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,738	2,032	4,706
American Indian or Native American	21	6	15
Asian	226	470	721
Black	721	188	533
Hispanic	1,337	331	1,006
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	31	11	20
White	2,723	848	1,875
Tow or More Races	241	40	201
Race Unknown	417	146	271

78 students are younger than 22 and 1,332 students are older than 65. The school has 3,379 students aged between 22 and 30 and 1,579 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	6,738
21 & Under	78
22-24	1,497
25-29	1,882
30-34	984
35-39	595
40 & Over	1,332

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Pepperdine, 2,982 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,050 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	6,368
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	2,982
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	1,050
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	2,336

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	2,982
California Resident	1,950
Other State In U.S.	995
Outside of U.S.	37

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