Enrollment Trends at Pepperdine

The student population at Pepperdine University is 10,030 (3,662 undergraduate and 6,368 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,711 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Pepperdine is 36.51% which is increased by 174 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,537 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,100 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,801.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,367 where 10,030 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

36.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 63.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 174 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,537 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Pepperdine than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pepperdine University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,319	3,488	1,494	1,994	3,831	1,499	2,332
2013-14	7,315 -4	3,538 50	1,463 -31	2,075 81	3,777 -54	1,462 -37	2,315 -17
2014-15	7,417 102	3,451 -87	1,416 -47	2,035 -40	3,966 189	1,619 157	2,347 32
2015-16	7,632 215	3,533 82	1,445 29	2,088 53	4,099 133	1,716 97	2,383 36
2016-17	7,826 194	3,542 9	1,462 17	2,080 -8	4,284 185	1,735 19	2,549 166
2017-18	7,710 -116	3,604 62	1,475 13	2,129 49	4,106 -178	1,620 -115	2,486 -63
2018-19	7,961 251	3,627 23	1,480 5	2,147 18	4,334 228	1,552 -68	2,782 296
2019-20	8,824 863	3,583 -44	1,495 15	2,088 -59	5,241 907	1,780 228	3,461 679
2020-21	9,554 730	3,459 -124	1,462 -33	1,997 -91	6,095 854	1,974 194	4,121 660
2021-22	10,446 892	3,708 249	1,570 108	2,138 141	6,738 643	2,032 58	4,706 585
2022-23	10,030 -416	3,662 -46	1,522 -48	2,140 2	6,368 -370	1,835 -197	4,533 -173
Average	8,367	3,563	1,480	2,083	4,804	1,711	3,092

Pepperdine University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,563 where 3,662 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Pepperdine University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,488	3,086	1,262	1,824	402	232	170
2013-14	3,538	3,172	1,270	1,902	366	193	173
2014-15	3,451	3,129	1,255	1,874	322	161	161
2015-16	3,533	3,228	1,297	1,931	305	148	157
2016-17	3,542	3,222	1,305	1,917	320	157	163
2017-18	3,604	3,300	1,325	1,975	304	150	154
2018-19	3,627	3,336	1,324	2,012	291	156	135
2019-20	3,583	3,320	1,368	1,952	263	127	136
2020-21	3,459	3,132	1,324	1,808	327	138	189
2021-22	3,708	3,427	1,443	1,984	281	127	154
2022-23	3,662	3,451	1,437	2,014	211	85	126
Average	3,563	3,563	1,328	1,927	3,563	152	156

Pepperdine University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,804 where 6,368 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Pepperdine University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,831	2,221	928	1,293	1,610	571	1,039
2013-14	3,777	2,242	917	1,325	1,535	545	990
2014-15	3,966	2,389	1,026	1,363	1,577	593	984
2015-16	4,099	2,335	1,000	1,335	1,764	716	1,048
2016-17	4,284	2,447	1,030	1,417	1,837	705	1,132
2017-18	4,106	2,428	982	1,446	1,678	638	1,040
2018-19	4,334	2,309	917	1,392	2,025	635	1,390
2019-20	5,241	2,532	983	1,549	2,709	797	1,912
2020-21	6,095	2,796	1,035	1,761	3,299	939	2,360
2021-22	6,738	2,950	1,061	1,889	3,788	971	2,817
2022-23	6,368	2,547	877	1,670	3,821	958	2,863
Average	4,804	4,804	978	1,495	4,804	733	1,598

Pepperdine University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.85% and the percentage of black students is 8.46% at Pepperdine University. 11.53% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pepperdine University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	47	813	527	850	38	3,282	216
2013-14	42	815	538	900	34	3,114	261
2014-15	35	724	532	865	28	3,241	373
2015-16	32	768	567	1,023	19	3,359	259
2016-17	34	840	559	972	20	3,320	271
2017-18	33	792	526	897	23	3,339	298
2018-19	27	768	630	1,045	27	3,425	358
2019-20	30	848	725	1,284	39	3,750	429
2020-21	25	994	828	1,687	43	4,021	461
2021-22	27	1,192	889	1,987	36	4,448	515
2022-23	37	1,156	849	1,994	33	4,298	521
Average	34	883	652	1,228	31	3,600	360

Pepperdine University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,100 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,801.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pepperdine University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,417	163	0	7,254
2015-16	7,632	240	641	6,751
2016-17	7,826	303	600	6,923
2017-18	7,710	398	583	6,729
2018-19	7,961	891	0	7,070
2019-20	8,824	1,623	0	7,201
2020-21	9,554	9,554	0	0
2021-22	10,446	3,015	734	6,697
2022-23	10,030	3,100	1,078	5,852
Average	8,600	2,143	404	6,053

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