Business Administration & Management at Pepperdine University

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, 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, 174 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from Pepperdine.

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

Pepperdine Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Pepperdine Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration 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 business administration major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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
	37
	71
	78
	81
	104
	106
	185
	185
	309
	697
	1,084
	1,274

In 2021, 491 students received their master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine. This makes it the #37 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #186 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Pepperdine Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at Pepperdine is $53,559. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 30% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 53% of business administration bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	67
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

Pepperdine Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 491 students earned a master's degree in business administration from Pepperdine. About 47% of these graduates were women and the other 53% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	63
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	52
White	206
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	109

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

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

The following business administration concentations are available at Pepperdine University. 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
General Business Administration and Management	598
Organizational Leadership	67

Related Majors

• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management
• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

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.