History at Pepperdine University

If you plan to study history, take a look at what Pepperdine University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and approximately 9,554 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in history from Pepperdine.

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

Pepperdine History Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in History

Pepperdine History Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks history programs across the country. The following shows how Pepperdine performed in these rankings.

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 history major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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 Focused History Schools	1,338

History Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine History Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 history students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Pepperdine, about 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at Pepperdine since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in history at Pepperdine are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history 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 history.

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

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

Concentrations Within History

History majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Pepperdine University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
History	5

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism
• Education
• Psychology

Careers That History Grads May Go Into

A degree in history 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Museum Technicians and Conservators	1,890	$48,120
History Professors	1,380	$103,940
Curators	1,140	$67,650

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.