Description
Pepperdine is a Christian university committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
Program areas at Pepperdine University
Student services, including scholarships to enrolled students - there are many auxiliary services offered to the students to promote their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual development. Pepperdine University maintains multiple dining and housing facilities, a bookstore, banking services, parking facilities located all over campus, transportation services, recreational fields, and mail services. In addition to these facilities and services, Pepperdine offers approximately 82% of its total student body financial aid in the form of various scholarships, grants, and loans.
Academic support - Pepperdine University equips students with academic support to ensure students reach their educational goals. University services such as the library, tech central, Pepperdine counseling center, the health center, and one stop, which is the primary academic advising center, assist in the well-being and academic progress of the University's students.
Instruction and research - Pepperdine University is a top christian institution for higher education, and serves approximately 3,600 undergraduate students and 5,200 graduate students. In addition to the University's campuses in California, Pepperdine University maintains several student learning programs in locations such as europe, asia (program ended during fiscal year 2021), south america, and Washington d.c. Pepperdine University believes in a low student-faculty ratio (13:1), and has an average class size of 19. The University offers 59 majors that undergraduates can pursue, as well as 37 graduate degrees, including five doctoral degrees.