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Malibu, CA · Business & finance

Business & finance at Pepperdine

Pepperdine graduates about 236 business & finance majors a year, 26% of its graduating class. That puts it 81st of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a strong program at 78 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 52 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 16% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $92,000 four years out, 1.34× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $2 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

78/100Strong#81 of 650 for business & finance →
Graduates a year23626% of the class
Courses in the catalog52more than 16% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$92,0001.34× the same major nationally
Research in the field$2Ma year, NSF
Admit rate63%whole school
SAT middle 50%1285–1480whole school

Around Pepperdine

Smothers Theater on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California in
Smothers TheaterPhoto: Swper · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Pepperdine University + Pacific Ocean
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Pepperdine Musical Theatre
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The interior of Stauffer Chapel on the campus of Pepperdine University in 2019,
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Where business & finance happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Center for Communication and Business.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Student housing 36 · Athletics 5 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo 78
  2. University of Pittsburgh 78
  3. Georgia Institute of Technology 78
  4. Loyola University Maryland 78
  5. Arizona State University 77
  6. The University of Oklahoma 77
  7. University of Washington 77
  8. University at Buffalo–SUNY 77

Other strong majors at Pepperdine

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Pepperdine with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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