Psychology at Pepperdine University

If you are interested in studying psychology, you may want to check out the program at Pepperdine University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and approximately 9,554 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 90 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from Pepperdine.

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

Pepperdine Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Pepperdine Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Schools	45
	351
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,107

In 2021, 671 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine. This makes it the #6 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Pepperdine awarded 90 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 19% of these degrees went to men with the other 81% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	42
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Pepperdine Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 671 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from Pepperdine in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	62
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	174
White	253
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	83

Pepperdine also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 32 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	518
General Psychology	275

Related Majors

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

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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.