Physics at Pepperdine University

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

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and has a total student population of 9,554. In 2021, 8 physics majors received their bachelor's degree from Pepperdine.

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

Pepperdine Physics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics

Pepperdine Physics Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physics 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 physics major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physics. 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 Physics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	298
Most Popular Physics Schools	399
Most Focused Physics Schools	575

Physics Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Physics Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Pepperdine. About 13% of these graduates were women and the other 88% were men.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Chemistry

Careers That Physics Grads May Go Into

A degree in physics 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
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Physicists	3,200	$115,970
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,190	$138,250

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.