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General Journalism at Pepperdine University

General Journalism at Pepperdine University

Every general journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism program at Pepperdine University stacks up to those at other schools.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and approximately 9,554 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Journalism section at the bottom of this page.

Pepperdine General Journalism Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism

Pepperdine General Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Journalism. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Journalism Student Demographics at Pepperdine

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the journalism majors at Pepperdine University.

Pepperdine General Journalism Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
69% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pepperdine University with a bachelor's in journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Pepperdine University.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820
Broadcast News Analysts 360 $102,480

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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