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Pepperdine University

Malibu,  California
College Board code: 4630

Main Address

24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 506-4000
www.pepperdine.edu

Admission Office

24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263-4392
(310) 506-4392
Fax: (310) 506-4861
admission-seaver@pepperdine.edu
Contact: Mike Trushke
Director of Admission

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What the School Says...

Pepperdine University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university located just outside Los Angeles in Malibu, California. The undergraduate school, Seaver College, enrolls 3,000 students from every state and more than 70 countries. Pepperdine is considered to be among the nation's finest universities, regarded for its combination of high academic standards, nationally acclaimed Division I athletics programs, renowned international programs, and its mission to prepare students for lives of purpose, service, and leadership.

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Type of School

  • Private
  • University
  • Liberal Arts College
  • Four-year
  • Church Of Christ
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 34%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Western Association of Schools and Colleges
  • College Board member
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
    Other characteristics: Education, psychology, business graduate campuses in Los Angeles. Educational centers in Long Beach, Irvine, Encino, West Los Angeles, Westlake Village. 5 campuses in Europe (Germany, England, Italy, Spain, France), 1 in Costa Rica. Education center in Hong-Kong. Part-time, evening, weekend classes for business undergrad programs.

Setting

  • Suburban setting
  • Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 3,404
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 782
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 3,386
  • Graduate enrollment: 3,567

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 46% In-state students
  • 54% Out-of-state students
  • 54% Women
  • 46% Men
  • 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • 7% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 7% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 10% Hispanic
  • 64% White/Non-Hispanic
  • 6% Non-Resident Alien
  • 4% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 40% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 75% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 95% in top half of graduating class
  • 51% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 25% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 14% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 7% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 3% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
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