Pepperdine University
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
Pepperdine University is a private doctoral/professional university in Malibu, CA (suburb setting), with 3,629 undergraduates (67% women), affiliated with the Churches of Christ. It admitted 50% of 12,457 applicants — top quarter for selectivity among Division I schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 1250–1450 on the SAT and 26–32 on the ACT (test-optional). Cost of attendance is $93,512 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $52,216 on average after grants (bottom quarter for affordability in its division). 85% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in business, communication & journalism, psychology. The campus reported 1.86 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — bottom quarter for safety among Division I schools.
Against Division I schools
Percentile among 366 Division I institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where Pepperdine University ranks
3 top-ten finishes among Division I schools, across 64 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Churches of Christ
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 85%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $66,742
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 3 burglaries · 41 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 2 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research Pepperdine University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Pepperdine University teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | West Coast Conference | 31 | 3 over | 4 | $2.2M | $71,742 | 995 | |
| Baseball | West Coast Conference | 40 | 6 over | 5 | $2.9M | $71,324 | 981 | |
| Men's Basketball | West Coast Conference | 17 | 2 over | 1 | $5.6M | $328,844 | 960 | |
| Women's Basketball | West Coast Conference | 20 | 5 over | 1 | $3.5M | $177,407 | 1000 | |
| Women's Beach Volleyball | West Coast Conference | 14 | room 5 | 3 | $1M | $74,969 | 1000 | |
| Men's Cross Country | West Coast Conference | 18 | 1 over | 2 | $264k | $14,649 | 998 | |
| Women's Cross Country | West Coast Conference | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1000 | |
| Men's Golf | West Coast Conference | 8 | room 1 | 2 | $1.6M | $200,126 | 992 | |
| Women's Golf | West Coast Conference | 8 | room 1 | 2 | $1.1M | $139,383 | 1000 | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Swimming | 34 | 4 over | 3 | $483k | $14,218 | 1000 | |
| Men's Tennis | West Coast Conference | 11 | 1 over | 3 | $1.5M | $140,362 | 936 | |
| Women's Tennis | West Coast Conference | 8 | room 2 | 3 | $1.5M | $187,930 | 984 | |
| Men's Track & Field | Independent | 17 | room 28 | 3 | $124k | $7,310 | 1000 | |
| Women's Track & Field | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Women's Track, Indoor | 87 | 42 over | 3 | $387k | $4,443 | 1000 | |
| Men's Volleyball | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Men's Volleyball | 27 | 9 over | 4 | $1.6M | $58,465 | 994 | |
| Women's Volleyball | West Coast Conference | 21 | 3 over | 4 | $1.9M | $89,991 | 1000 | |
| Men's Water Polo | West Coast Conference | 29 | 5 over | 3 | $1.4M | $46,656 | 991 |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.