Pepperdine University Student Population

How many students at Pepperdine? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 8,976 students have enrolled in Pepperdine University with 3,553 undergraduate and 5,423 graduate students.

By gender, 2,983 male and 5,993 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (6,371 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

2,486 students are enrolled exclusively, and 934 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Pepperdine University has a total of 8,976 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,553 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,423 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,983 male and 5,993 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,762 White, 724 Black, and 1,036 Asian students out of a total of 8,976 are attending at Pepperdine University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Pepperdine University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 75.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Pepperdine has 64 students under 18 years old and 33 students over 65 years old. There are 4,867 students under 25 years old, and 4,109 students over 25 years old out of 8,976 total students.

Pepperdine has 3,462 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 91 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,405 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,018 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

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 University, 2,486 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 934 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,807 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 679 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,553 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 85 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.39%.73 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.