Writing Studies at Pepperdine University

What traits are you looking for in a writing school? To help you decide if Pepperdine University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's writing program.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and approximately 9,554 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students received a bachelor's degree in writing from Pepperdine.

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

Pepperdine Writing Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Writing

Pepperdine Writing Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the writing progam at Pepperdine compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The writing major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Writing Studies. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111

Writing Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Writing Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 15 writing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Pepperdine, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in writing at Pepperdine are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Pepperdine also has a doctoral program available in writing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General English Literature

Careers That Writing Grads May Go Into

A degree in writing 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
English Language and Literature Professors	6,470	$114,110
Technical Writers	6,240	$91,310

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Infratec~commonswiki under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.