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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Pepperdine_University_seal.svg/150px-Pepperdine_University_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Pepperdine_University_seal.svg/225px-Pepperdine_University_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/Pepperdine_University_seal.svg/300px-Pepperdine_University_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">George Pepperdine College (1937–1971)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Freely ye received, freely give</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">Private</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1937<span class="noprint">; 88 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1937</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Religious affiliation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Church of Christ</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Financial_endowment" title="Financial endowment">Endowment</a></th><td class="infobox-data">$1.21 billion (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Gash" title="Jim Gash">Jim Gash</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">421 full-time (2022), 561 part-time (2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">10,030 (fall 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-fallcensus2022_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fallcensus2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,662 (fall 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-fallcensus2022_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fallcensus2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6,368 (fall 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-fallcensus2022_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fallcensus2022-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles County">Los Angeles County</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu</a> post office address)</div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pepperdine_University&params=34_02_19.26_N_118_42_27.29_W_region:US-CA_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°02′19.26″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°42′27.29″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.0386833°N 118.7075806°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.0386833; -118.7075806</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suburban" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburban">Suburban</a><br />830 acres (340 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Pepperdine Graphic</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Blue and orange<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00205C; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C25700; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Waves" title="Pepperdine Waves">Waves</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I (NCAA)">Division I</a> – <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Conference" title="West Coast Conference">WCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data">Willie the Wave</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pepperdine.edu">pepperdine<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pepperdine University</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Private_university" title="Private university">private</a> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a> affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a> with its main campus in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles County, California</a>, United States. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Highway_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Coast Highway (US)">Pacific Coast Highway</a> near <a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CDPmap_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDPmap-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founded by entrepreneur <a href="/wiki/George_Pepperdine" title="George Pepperdine">George Pepperdine</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Los_Angeles" title="South Los Angeles">South Los Angeles</a> in 1937, the school expanded to Malibu in 1972. Courses are now taught at a main Malibu campus and graduate campuses in the USA, Latin America, and Europe. </p><p>The university is composed of an undergraduate liberal arts school (Seaver College) and four graduate schools: the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">Caruso School of Law</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Graziadio_Business_School" title="Pepperdine Graziadio Business School">Graziadio Business School</a>, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, and the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_School_of_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepperdine School of Public Policy">School of Public Policy</a>. </p><p>In 2025, Pepperdine University earned the Research 2 (R2): High Research Activity designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, signifying a significant expansion in the university's research output and funding. The designation recognizes institutions that demonstrate high levels of research activity, including an annual research and development expenditure exceeding $5 million and the awarding of at least 20 research doctorates per year.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 1937, against the backdrop of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Pepperdine" title="George Pepperdine">George Pepperdine</a> founded a liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles to be affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Churches_of_Christ" title="Churches of Christ">Churches of Christ</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird201619–20_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird201619–20-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pepperdine had built his fortune largely through the <a href="/wiki/Western_Auto" title="Western Auto">Western Auto Supply Company</a>, which he founded in 1909 with a $5 investment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird20164–5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird20164–5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pepperdine had a twofold objective for the college: "First, we want to provide first-class, fully accredited academic training in the liberal arts ... Secondly, we are especially dedicated to a greater goal—that of building in the student a Christ-like life, a love for the church, and a passion for the souls of mankind."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 21, 1937, 167 new students from 22 different states and two other countries entered classes on a newly built campus on 34 acres (14 ha) at West 79th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/South_Los_Angeles" title="South Los Angeles">South Los Angeles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Ebony_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ebony-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later referred to as the Vermont Avenue campus.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Graphic111402_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graphic111402-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campus was designed in the <a href="/wiki/Streamline_Moderne" title="Streamline Moderne">Streamline Moderne</a> style by John M. Cooper, an <a href="/wiki/Art_deco" class="mw-redirect" title="Art deco">art deco</a> architect.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird201620_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird201620-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By April 5, 1938, George Pepperdine College was fully accredited by the Northwest Association in large part due to the leadership of president <a href="/wiki/Batsell_Baxter" title="Batsell Baxter">Batsell Baxter</a> and dean <a href="/wiki/Hugh_M._Tiner" title="Hugh M. Tiner">Hugh M. Tiner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird201629_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird201629-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The student newspaper, the <i>GraPhiC</i>, published its first issue in October 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird201626_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird201626-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The college expanded significantly in the years following its founding, reaching an enrollment of 1,839 for the 1948–1949 year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird201649_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird201649-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The college's first graduate program, a master of arts in religion, admitted its first students in 1944,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird201639_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird201639-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the school's first international program, a year-long program in <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg, Germany</a>, was launched in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016146_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016146-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Racial_unrest,_murder,_and_move_to_Malibu"><span id="Racial_unrest.2C_murder.2C_and_move_to_Malibu"></span>Racial unrest, murder, and move to Malibu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Racial unrest, murder, and move to Malibu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG/225px-Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG/338px-Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG/450px-Pepperdine_University_Malibu_Canyon_Entrance_Gate.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>The southeast corner of Pepperdine's Malibu campus (2007)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg/225px-Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg/338px-Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg/450px-Stauffer_Chapel_window.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The interior of Stauffer Chapel on Pepperdine's Malibu campus, built in 1973 (2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>By 1957, when <a href="/wiki/M._Norvel_Young" title="M. Norvel Young">M. Norvel Young</a> was named president, the young college faced serious problems, not least of which was the high cost of expansion in South Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016267_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016267-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area around the Vermont Avenue campus was developing issues including rising crime and <a href="/wiki/Urban_decay" title="Urban decay">urban decay</a>, and racial tensions had arisen that led to the 1965 <a href="/wiki/Watts_Riots" class="mw-redirect" title="Watts Riots">Watts Riots</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016160_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016160-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the worst of the tensions began, President Young had begun to look for suburban sites to expand the university's footprint.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016267_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016267-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1966, a committee was formed to look at potential locations, including sites in <a href="/wiki/Westlake_Village,_California" title="Westlake Village, California">Westlake Village</a> and <a href="/wiki/Calabasas,_California" title="Calabasas, California">Calabasas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Graphic111402_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graphic111402-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016267_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016267-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pepperdine favored the Westlake Village location until the Adamson-Rindge family, who owned hundreds of acres near Malibu, offered to donate 138 acres (56 ha) and to sell 58.7 adjacent acres. Despite concerns over building costs on the mountainous site, the school decided to move forward based on its prime location and potential for raising donations, accepting the land in Malibu in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Graphic111402_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graphic111402-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016277_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016277-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1969, Larry Kimmons, a Black teenager from the South LA neighborhood, was killed by Pepperdine campus security officer Charlie Lane following a verbal argument. Protests ensued, with Black students opposing the college's administration.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some have attributed the killing to racism.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1970, student activists threatened to burn down the campus, even setting small fires in three buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016170_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016170-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Students later occupied the academic life building, leading to a standoff with the Los Angeles Police Department that was defused by negotiations with Vice President <a href="/wiki/William_S._Banowsky" title="William S. Banowsky">William S. Banowsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016170–171_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016170–171-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction in Malibu began on April 13, 1971, and the new campus opened in September 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Graphic111402_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Graphic111402-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016295,_305_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016295,_305-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campus and many of its buildings were planned by Los Angeles–based architect <a href="/wiki/William_Pereira" title="William Pereira">William Pereira</a>, who had also designed the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art">Los Angeles County Museum of Art</a>, the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine" title="University of California, Irvine">University of California, Irvine</a>, and much of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Laconservancy.org_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laconservancy.org-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The construction of the Malibu campus was made possible largely by gifts from <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Seaver" title="Blanche Seaver">Blanche Seaver</a>, the wife of <a href="/wiki/Frank_R._Seaver" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank R. Seaver">Frank R. Seaver</a> and heir of his oil-drill manufacturing fortune, who donated to Pepperdine more than $160 million over her lifetime.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016283_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016283-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The undergraduate college was officially named after Seaver in 1975.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016299_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016299-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The university retained and continued to expand its original Vermont Avenue Campus, building a new academic building there in 1970, and redesigning the curriculum to serve its more urban setting.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016178–179_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016178–179-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the undergraduate liberal arts program, however, moved to the new Malibu campus.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016179_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016179-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the decade to come, the Vermont Avenue Campus transitioned away from its residential model, and in 1981 it was sold to <a href="/wiki/Crenshaw_Christian_Center" title="Crenshaw Christian Center">Crenshaw Christian Center</a>, whose minister, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_K._C._Price" title="Frederick K. C. Price">Frederick K. C. Price</a>, then oversaw construction of the "Faith Dome," then the largest-domed church in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016193–194_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016193–194-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Growth_of_the_university">Growth of the university</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Growth of the university"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><b>Presidents of Pepperdine</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>President</b></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Years served</b></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Batsell_Baxter" title="Batsell Baxter">Batsell Baxter</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1937–1939</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_M._Tiner" title="Hugh M. Tiner">Hugh M. Tiner</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1939–1957</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Norvel_Young" title="M. Norvel Young">M. Norvel Young</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1957–1971</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_S._Banowsky" title="William S. Banowsky">William S. Banowsky</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1971–1978</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard_A._White" title="Howard A. White">Howard A. White</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1978–1985</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Davenport" title="David Davenport">David Davenport</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">1985–2000</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_K._Benton" title="Andrew K. Benton">Andrew K. Benton</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2000–2019</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_A._Gash" class="mw-redirect" title="James A. Gash">James A. Gash</a></td> <td><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">2019–present</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1969, Pepperdine bought the Orange University College of Law in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana,_California" title="Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, California</a>, which became the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">School of Law</a> and moved to the Malibu campus in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016247–252_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016247–252-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What had been a business division offering graduate and undergraduate degrees became a graduate business school in 1968, which in 1971 was named the School of Business and Management.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016211_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016211-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1971, the School of Education was formed, which in 1981 became the Graduate School of Education and Psychology.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016231,_241_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016231,_241-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pepperdine administrators used these expansions as justification to change the institution's name to Pepperdine University in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016199_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016199-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pepperdine continued to expand, adding permanent international programs in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016258_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016258-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016441_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016441-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> beginning in 1984 and 1985, respectively. These were followed by similar programs in <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>. The School of Business and Management was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Graziadio_Business_School" title="Pepperdine Graziadio Business School">Graziadio Business School</a> to honor a gift of $15 million from real estate developer <a href="/wiki/George_L._Graziadio_Jr." title="George L. Graziadio Jr.">George L. Graziadio Jr.</a>, and in 2019 the School of Law was renamed the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">Caruso School of Law</a> after a gift of $50 million from alumnus <a href="/wiki/Rick_Caruso" title="Rick Caruso">Rick J. Caruso</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Caruso_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caruso-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Malibu campus itself was expanded by the construction of the 50.4 acres (20.4 ha) Drescher Graduate Campus, which was completed in 2003 under the supervision of president <a href="/wiki/Andrew_K._Benton" title="Andrew K. Benton">Andrew K. Benton</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Brushfires">Brushfires</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Brushfires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdinefire.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Pepperdinefire.jpg/220px-Pepperdinefire.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Pepperdinefire.jpg/330px-Pepperdinefire.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Pepperdinefire.jpg/440px-Pepperdinefire.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="1960" /></a><figcaption>Smoke billows on a hill near the Phillips Theme Tower</figcaption></figure> <p>Pepperdine's Malibu Campus has often been threatened by brushfires, including in 1985, 1993, 1996, <a href="/wiki/Canyon_Fire_(2007)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canyon Fire (2007)">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corral_Fire" title="Corral Fire">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woolsey_Fire" title="Woolsey Fire">2018</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Fire" title="Franklin Fire">2024</a>. The university prepares for the fires by clearing brush 200 feet from all buildings and has developed plans with <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Fire_Department" title="Los Angeles County Fire Department">Los Angeles County Fire Department</a> to shelter faculty, staff, and students in place.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg/220px-Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg/330px-Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg/440px-Pepperdine_University_aerial_view_July_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4500" data-file-height="3252" /></a><figcaption>Pepperdine University aerial view in July 2021</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University,_Malibu,_California_(1)_(3124893785).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pepperdine_University%2C_Malibu%2C_California_%281%29_%283124893785%29.jpg/220px-Pepperdine_University%2C_Malibu%2C_California_%281%29_%283124893785%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pepperdine_University%2C_Malibu%2C_California_%281%29_%283124893785%29.jpg/330px-Pepperdine_University%2C_Malibu%2C_California_%281%29_%283124893785%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Pepperdine_University%2C_Malibu%2C_California_%281%29_%283124893785%29.jpg/440px-Pepperdine_University%2C_Malibu%2C_California_%281%29_%283124893785%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>The Phillips Theme Tower with the Santa Monica Mountains in the background (2008)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg/220px-Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg/330px-Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg/440px-Pepperdine_University_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>A view of Alumni Park and the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Bay" title="Santa Monica Bay">Santa Monica Bay</a> beyond (2011)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Malibu_campus">Malibu campus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Malibu campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pepperdine's Malibu campus is situated on 830 acres (340 ha) of the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Mountains" title="Santa Monica Mountains">Santa Monica Mountains</a> overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Highway_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Coast Highway (US)">Pacific Coast Highway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016459_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016459-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is its own <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a>, located in an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">unincorporated area</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles County">Los Angeles County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is widely considered one of the most beautiful college campuses in the world in terms of scenery and architecture, and has been described as "a place that looks more like a beach resort than a private university."<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campus offers views of the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Bay" title="Santa Monica Bay">Santa Monica Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Island,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Catalina Island, California">Catalina Island</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Palos_Verdes_Peninsula" title="Palos Verdes Peninsula">Palos Verdes Peninsula</a>, and much of the <a href="/wiki/Westside_(Los_Angeles_County)" title="Westside (Los Angeles County)">westside of Los Angeles</a>. Most buildings are designed in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Revival_Style_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Revival Style architecture">Mediterranean Revival Style</a> with white stucco walls, red tile roofs, and large tinted windows. The first round of construction on the site was completed in 1973. </p><p>The most distinctive feature of the Malibu campus, apart from its location, is the Phillips Theme Tower, a 125-foot obelisk with an embedded cross that stands on the front lawn. The tower was designed by William Pereira in 1972, and construction was completed in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016296_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016296-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tower was dedicated in 1974 as a symbol of Pepperdine's dedication to its Christian mission. Following disputes with Malibu residents over the lighting of the cross, the tower has not been illuminated since 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016297_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016297-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alumni_Park_(Pepperdine)" title="Alumni Park (Pepperdine)">Alumni Park</a> is located on the lowest part of the Malibu campus, adjacent to the Pacific Coast Highway. It is a 30-acre expanse of lawns, trails, hills, ponds and <a href="/wiki/Erythrina_afra" title="Erythrina afra">coral trees</a> overlooking the Pacific Ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Landscape architects Eric Armstrong and S. Lee Scharfman were responsible for the campus green space planning and design.<sup id="cite_ref-Laconservancy.org_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Laconservancy.org-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The park was dedicated in 1979, and it now serves as the location for the university's commencement exercises and other campus activities that need a large open space.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016459_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016459-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overlooking Alumni Park is Stauffer Chapel, with its 3,000 square feet of stained-glass windows designed by Robert and Bette Donovan and constructed in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016297_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016297-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main academic plaza for the undergraduate programs of Seaver College lies on a knoll above Alumni Park and includes Tyler Campus Center, <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_Libraries" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepperdine University Libraries">Payson Library</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Frederick_R._Weisman_Museum_of_Art,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, California">Weisman Museum of Art</a>. Undergraduate housing and athletic facilities sit to the northwest of the academic complex. The <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">Caruso School of Law</a> is situated on a hill above these areas. Banowsky Boulevard separates Alumni Park from the main academic complex and is named in honor of <a href="/wiki/William_S._Banowsky" title="William S. Banowsky">William S. Banowsky</a>, the fourth president of Pepperdine. Spur roads to the east lead to faculty housing. </p><p>The Drescher Graduate Campus is contiguous with and northwest of the central campus. Construction was completed in 2003, and it is now home to the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Public_Policy" title="Pepperdine University School of Public Policy">School of Public Policy</a>, the Villa Graziadio Executive Center, and the full-time programs of the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Graziadio_Business_School" title="Pepperdine Graziadio Business School">Graziadio Business School</a> and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, as well as housing for students and faculty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016445_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016445-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graduate_campuses">Graduate campuses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Graduate campuses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Graziadio_Business_School" title="Pepperdine Graziadio Business School">Graziadio Business School</a> and the Graduate School of Education and Psychology are headquartered in <a href="/wiki/West_Los_Angeles_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="West Los Angeles (region)">West Los Angeles</a> at the Howard Hughes Center next to <a href="/wiki/Interstate_405_(California)" title="Interstate 405 (California)">Interstate 405</a>. These two schools also offer programs at campuses in <a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irvine,_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Calabasas,_California" title="Calabasas, California">Calabasas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_campuses">International campuses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: International campuses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pepperdine owns and operates permanent satellite campuses in five countries, with each campus offering semester- and year-long programs for students of Seaver College. The first such program was opened in 1963 in <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a>. Programs were then introduced in the <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington">South Kensington</a> district of <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> in 1984 and in <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaird2016258,_441_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaird2016258,_441-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, the program in Lausanne was moved to the Chateau d'Hauteville in Blonay – Saint-Légier, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Frank_R._Seaver_College_of_Letters,_Arts,_and_Sciences"><span id="Frank_R._Seaver_College_of_Letters.2C_Arts.2C_and_Sciences"></span>Frank R. Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Frank R. Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg/150px-Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg/225px-Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg/300px-Keck_Science_Center_Pepperdine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>The Keck Science Center at Seaver College, an example of the Mediterranean architecture on the Malibu campus (2007)</figcaption></figure> <p>Seaver College is named for <a href="/wiki/Frank_R._Seaver" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank R. Seaver">Frank R. Seaver</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Seaver" title="Blanche Seaver">Blanche</a>, the principal benefactors of Pepperdine's Malibu campus. The college offers undergraduates a liberal arts education; each candidate for a bachelor's degree must complete a broad program of general education courses.<sup id="cite_ref-Catalog_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seaver's general education requirements have received an A rating from <a href="/wiki/American_Council_of_Trustees_and_Alumni" title="American Council of Trustees and Alumni">ACTA's</a> annual <i>What Will They Learn</i> report for several years running.<sup id="cite_ref-ACTA_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACTA-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seaver students attend classes at the Malibu campus, and most students study abroad either at one of the University's permanent international campuses in <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> or at one of several summer programs.<sup id="cite_ref-Catalog_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seaver College offers 46 majors and 47 minors across eight academic divisions: business administration, communication, fine arts, humanities and teacher education, international studies and languages, natural science, religion and philosophy, and social science.<sup id="cite_ref-Catalog_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to bachelor's degrees, the college offers the following graduate degrees: master of arts (MA) in American studies, master of arts (MA) in religion, master of science (MS) in ministry, master of divinity (MDiv), and master of fine arts (MFA) in screen and television writing. Seaver students can also earn both single-subject and multiple-subject teaching credentials.<sup id="cite_ref-Catalog_52-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalog-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Religion Division offers undergraduate and graduate education in ministry, works with Pepperdine's Center for Faith and Learning and Office of Church Relations, and publishes <i>Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graziadio_Business_School">Graziadio Business School</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Graziadio Business School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Graziadio_Business_School" title="Pepperdine Graziadio Business School">Pepperdine Graziadio Business School</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg/225px-Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg/338px-Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg/450px-Pepperdine_University_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="766" /></a><figcaption>The Graziadio Business Center on the Drescher campus in Malibu (2006)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg/220px-Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg/330px-Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg/440px-Pepperdine_University_Graziadio_School_of_Business_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1372" /></a><figcaption>Front entrance of Pepperdine Graziadio Business School</figcaption></figure> <p>Pepperdine University's <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Graziadio_Business_School" title="Pepperdine Graziadio Business School">Graziadio Business School</a> enrolls approximately 2,000 students in its full-time and part-time degree programs. The school was founded in 1969, and has since graduated more than 47,000 alumni. In 2016, <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> ranked the online MBA program tied for 15th best in the country, and the part-time MBA program was ranked at 29th nationally.<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, <i>U.S. News & World Report</i> ranked Pepperdine overall 65th out of 437 business programs in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-rankingsandreviews1_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rankingsandreviews1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caruso_School_of_Law">Caruso School of Law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Caruso School of Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">Pepperdine University School of Law</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg/220px-Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg/330px-Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg/440px-Pepperdine_University_Caruso_School_of_Law_front_entrance_by_Cecily_Breeding.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Front entrance of Pepperdine University's Caruso School of Law</figcaption></figure> <p>The Caruso School of Law is located on the Malibu campus adjacent to Seaver College, and enrolls about 500 students.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawcat_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawcat-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/American_Bar_Association" title="American Bar Association">American Bar Association</a>, is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_American_Law_Schools" title="Association of American Law Schools">Association of American Law Schools</a>, and hosts a chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Coif" title="Order of the Coif">Order of the Coif</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school's <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law#Straus_Institute_for_Dispute_Resolution" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution</a> is consistently ranked as a leading dispute resolution program,<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> offering master's and certificate programs. Other degree programs include the Juris Doctor/Master of Divinity with Seaver College, the JD/MBA, JD/MPP, and JD/MDR.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawcat_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawcat-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school offers both a summer session and a fall semester at the university's campus in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>. </p><p>The school is ranked 52nd among the nation's 199 American Bar Association–approved law schools by the 2023 <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is known for its <a href="/wiki/Entertainment_law" title="Entertainment law">entertainment law</a> program.<sup id="cite_ref-top-law-schools1_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-top-law-schools1-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Graduate_School_of_Education_and_Psychology">Graduate School of Education and Psychology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Graduate School of Education and Psychology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) offers both masters and doctorate programs, including EdD, PsyD, and PhD degrees.<sup id="cite_ref-GSEPcat_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSEPcat-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Student enrollment is about 1,600.<sup id="cite_ref-GSEPcat_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSEPcat-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its programs are accredited by the <a href="/wiki/American_Psychological_Association" title="American Psychological Association">APA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GSEPcat_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSEPcat-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_of_Public_Policy">School of Public Policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: School of Public Policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_School_of_Public_Policy" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepperdine School of Public Policy">Pepperdine School of Public Policy</a></div> <p>The School of Public Policy enrolls approximately 70 graduate students in its two-year master's degree in <a href="/wiki/Public_policy" title="Public policy">public policy</a> (MPP).<sup id="cite_ref-SPPcat_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SPPcat-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joint degree programs include the following: </p> <ul><li>MPP/Juris Doctor with the <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">law school</a>.</li> <li>MPP/Masters of Dispute Resolution with the law school's highly-rated <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law#Straus_Institute_for_Dispute_Resolution" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>MPP/MBA degree with the Graziadio Business School.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_body">Student body</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Student body"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2020 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race and ethnicity<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2" data-sort-type="number">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">White</a> </td> <td align="right">48% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">48</span><div style="width:96px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:gray"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic</a> </td> <td align="right">16% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">16</span><div style="width:32px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:green"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> </td> <td align="right">12% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">12</span><div style="width:24px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:purple"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Foreign_national" title="Foreign national">Foreign national</a> </td> <td align="right">10% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">10</span><div style="width:20px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:orange"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">8% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">8</span><div style="width:16px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:brown"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a> </td> <td align="right">5% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">5</span><div style="width:10px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:mediumblue"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Economic_diversity" title="Economic diversity">Economic diversity</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_lower_class" title="American lower class">Low-income</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">17% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">17</span><div style="width:34px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:red"> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">Affluent</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">83% </td> <td align="left"><span style="display:none;">83</span><div style="width:166px;height:2ex;background:#aaa;color:inherit;background:black"> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Pepperdine's Fall 2023 enrollment was 9,545 students, of whom 3,629 were at the undergraduate and 5,916 at the graduate and professional levels.<sup id="cite_ref-CDS23-24_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS23-24-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2017 academic year, the freshman retention rate was 91%.<sup id="cite_ref-commondataset_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commondataset-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="float:right; text-align:center; font-size:85%; margin:10px"> <p><big><b>Fall freshman profile</b></big><sup id="cite_ref-CDS23-24_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS23-24-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDS22-23_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS22-23-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDS21-22_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS21-22-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDS20-21_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS20-21-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CDS19-20_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDS19-20-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-commondataset_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-commondataset-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>2023</th> <th>2022</th> <th>2021</th> <th>2020</th> <th>2019</th> <th>2018</th> <th>2017 </th></tr> <tr> <th>Applicants </th> <td>12,457</td> <td>11,466</td> <td>11,854</td> <td>11,634</td> <td>12,764</td> <td>12,134</td> <td>11,704 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Admits </th> <td>6,210</td> <td>5,585</td> <td>6,249</td> <td>4,925</td> <td>4,049</td> <td>4,664</td> <td>4,097 </td></tr> <tr> <th>% admitted </th> <td>49.9</td> <td>48.7</td> <td>52.7</td> <td>42.3</td> <td>31.7</td> <td>35.0</td> <td>39.8 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Enrolled </th> <td>732</td> <td>942</td> <td>1,024</td> <td>733</td> <td>726</td> <td>803</td> <td>862 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Average GPA </th> <td>3.65</td> <td>3.75</td> <td>3.74</td> <td>3.69</td> <td>3.67</td> <td>3.66</td> <td>3.64 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ACT_(test)" title="ACT (test)">ACT</a> range </th> <td>26-32</td> <td>28-32</td> <td>25-30</td> <td>26-31</td> <td>27–32</td> <td>26–32</td> <td>26–31 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/SAT" title="SAT">SAT</a> range </th> <td>1250-1440</td> <td>1290-1460</td> <td>1280-1430</td> <td>1210-1390</td> <td>1250-1430</td> <td>1,700–2,020</td> <td>1,670–2,020 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admissions">Admissions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Admissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some 13,721 students applied for admission to the undergraduate class of 2023, and 4,241 were admitted (30%); Among admitted freshmen, the interquartile ranges for SAT composite scores, ACT composite scores, and unweighted GPAs were 1,300–1,450, 28-32, and 3.64–3.97, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Admission to Pepperdine is rated as "more selective" by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i><sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_56-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yellow_Ribbon_Program_for_Veterans">Yellow Ribbon Program for Veterans</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Yellow Ribbon Program for Veterans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pepperdine University is part of the Yellow Ribbon Program for Veterans. Like several other colleges and universities that participate in the program, Pepperdine University offers support for an unlimited number of veteran students as well as an unlimited monetary contribution toward each veteran's tuition assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2016, 72% of Pepperdine students who are veterans are in the Yellow Ribbon Program which enables Veterans to attend tuition-free.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rankings_and_reputation">Rankings and reputation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Rankings and reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/College_and_university_rankings_in_the_United_States" title="College and university rankings in the United States">Academic rankings</a></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: lavender;">National</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Top_Colleges" title="America's Top Colleges"><i>Forbes</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Forbes_NU_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Forbes_NU-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">125</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking"><i>U.S. News & World Report</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_USNWR_NU_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_USNWR_NU-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">76</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Washington_Monthly_college_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Monthly college rankings"><i>Washington Monthly</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_Wamo_NU_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_Wamo_NU-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">197</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal"><i>WSJ</i></a>/College Pulse<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_WSJ_NU_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings_WSJ_NU-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: right;">137</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> ranked Pepperdine tied for the 55th best national university, tied for 26th in undergraduate teaching, and tied for 27th best college for veterans in its rankings for 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pepperdine was ranked number 1 in the Institute of International Education's 2015 Open Doors Report, with 86.5 percent of all undergraduate students studying abroad during the 2013–2014 academic year.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">law school</a> placed 45th among the 199 American Bar Association accredited law schools by the 2023 <i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report" title="U.S. News & World Report">U.S. News & World Report</a></i> rankings.<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_56-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is known for its entertainment law<sup id="cite_ref-top-law-schools1_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-top-law-schools1-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_School_of_Law#Straus_Institute_for_Dispute_Resolution" title="Pepperdine University School of Law">dispute resolution program</a> which is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_56-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, <i>U.S. News & World Report</i> ranked Pepperdine's business school 65th out of 437 business programs in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-rankingsandreviews1_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rankingsandreviews1-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, the <a href="/wiki/American_Council_of_Trustees_and_Alumni" title="American Council of Trustees and Alumni">American Council of Trustees and Alumni</a> included Pepperdine in its <i><a href="/wiki/What_Will_They_Learn%3F" title="What Will They Learn?">What Will They Learn?</a></i> study, which is an annual evaluation system of colleges and universities. The report assigns a letter grade to 1,120 universities based on how many of the following seven core subjects are required: composition, literature, foreign language, American history, economics, mathematics and science. Pepperdine was one of 23 schools to receive an "A" grade, which is assigned to schools that include at least six of the seven designated subjects in their core curriculum.<sup id="cite_ref-ACTA_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACTA-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2025, Pepperdine University earned the Research 2 (R2): High Research Activity designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This classification is awarded to institutions with high levels of research activity, requiring annual research and development expenditures exceeding $5 million and the awarding of at least 20 research doctorates per year.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pepperdine_University_2007,_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pepperdine_University_2007%2C_3.jpg/225px-Pepperdine_University_2007%2C_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pepperdine_University_2007%2C_3.jpg/338px-Pepperdine_University_2007%2C_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Pepperdine_University_2007%2C_3.jpg/450px-Pepperdine_University_2007%2C_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Pepperdine's tennis courts, baseball field, and swimming pool (2007)</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_Waves" title="Pepperdine Waves">Pepperdine Waves</a></div> <p>Pepperdine University competes in <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">NCAA Division I</a> intercollegiate athletics. Most teams play in the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Conference" title="West Coast Conference">West Coast Conference</a>, but men's volleyball plays in the <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Pacific_Sports_Federation" title="Mountain Pacific Sports Federation">Mountain Pacific Sports Federation</a> and men's water polo plays in the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Coast_Conference" title="Golden Coast Conference">Golden Coast Conference</a>. Pepperdine's teams are known as the Waves. </p><p>Pepperdine University is often ranked by the <a href="/wiki/NACDA_Director%27s_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="NACDA Director's Cup">NACDA Director's Cup</a> as having one of the most successful athletic programs for non-<a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_I_(NCAA)" class="mw-redirect" title="Division I (NCAA)">Division I</a> schools, ranking first on three occasions (most recently in 2011–12) and finishing in the top three eight times in the last fifteen years.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pepperdine University sponsors seventeen <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a> Division I intercollegiate athletics teams: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, tennis, track, volleyball, and water polo teams for men; and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track, indoor volleyball, and beach volleyball for women.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also several intercollegiate sports clubs such as women's lacrosse, surfing, and men's rugby.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NCAA Division I individual titles: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robbie_Weiss" title="Robbie Weiss">Robbie Weiss</a> (1988 tennis – singles)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Di_Laura" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Di Laura">Carlos Di Laura</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Jones_(tennis)" title="Kelly Jones (tennis)">Kelly Jones</a> (1985 tennis – doubles)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Jones_(tennis)" title="Jerome Jones (tennis)">Jerome Jones</a> & Kelly Jones (1984 tennis – doubles)</li></ul> <p>The water polo competitions for the <a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics</a> were held at <a href="/wiki/Raleigh_Runnels_Memorial_Pool" title="Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool">Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool</a> on campus.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Pepperdine_University_people" title="List of Pepperdine University people">List of Pepperdine University people</a></div> <p>There are currently over 100,000 living alumni worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable alumni of Pepperdine University include prominent scientists, musicians, businessmen and businesswomen, engineers, architects, athletes, actors, politicians, and those who have gained both national and international success. The Pepperdine alumni network consists of over 30 alumni groups on four continents.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Census-designated place in California, United States</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1043192559">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement{width:23em;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement td,.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Pepperdine_University&params=34_2_32.20_N_118_42_33.06_W_region:US-CA_type:city(2747)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°2′32.20″N</span> <span class="longitude">118°42′33.06″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.0422778°N 118.7091833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.0422778; -118.7091833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_California" title="List of counties in California">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County,_California" title="Los Angeles County, California">Los Angeles</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.538 sq mi (1.39 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">0.538 sq mi (1.39 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0 sq mi (0 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-GNIS_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNIS-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">482 ft (147 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,747</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5,100/sq mi (2,000/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%928" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−8">UTC−8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Time_Zone" title="Pacific Time Zone">Pacific</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%927" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−7">UTC−7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Daylight Time">PDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2805260<sup id="cite_ref-GNIS_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GNIS-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a> has designated the Pepperdine University campus as a separate <a href="/wiki/Census-designated_place" title="Census-designated place">census-designated place</a> (CDP) for statistical purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-CDPmap_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CDPmap-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a population of 2,747.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The CDP is located within <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica-Malibu_Unified_School_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District">Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>2,747</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Pepperdine University CDP, California – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>1,626 </td> <td>59.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>223 </td> <td>8.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>70 </td> <td>2.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>660 </td> <td>24.03% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiian" class="mw-redirect" title="Native Hawaiian">Native Hawaiian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>26 </td> <td>0.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>136 </td> <td>4.95% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>2,747</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_affiliated_with_the_Churches_of_Christ" title="List of universities and colleges affiliated with the Churches of Christ">List of universities and colleges affiliated with the Churches of Christ</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pepperdine_University&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Other consists of <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Multiracial Americans</a> & those who prefer to not say.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The percentage of students who received an income-based federal <a href="/wiki/Pell_grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Pell grant">Pell grant</a> intended for low-income students.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The percentage of students who are a part of the <a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">American middle class</a> at the bare minimum.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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