Finance at Pepperdine University

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if Pepperdine University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

Pepperdine is located in Malibu, California and has a total student population of 9,554. Of the 458 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University in 2021, 26 of them were finance majors.

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

Pepperdine Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Pepperdine Finance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance 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 finance major at Pepperdine is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	39
	90
	107
	330
	366
	547
	547
	576
	618

Finance Student Demographics at Pepperdine

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

Pepperdine Finance Bachelor’s Program

The finance program at Pepperdine awarded 26 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 92% of these degrees went to men with the other 8% going to women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at Pepperdine are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Financial Managers	81,350	$157,480
Financial Analysts	37,900	$109,640
Loan Officers	37,030	$78,940
Chief Executives	30,290	$228,270

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.