Student Population at Pepperdine University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
10,030	3,662	6,368

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 10,030 students have enrolled in Pepperdine University with 3,662 undergraduate and 6,368 graduate students.

By gender, 3,357 male and 6,673 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

3,100 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,078 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Pepperdine University has a total of 10,030 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,662 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,368 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,357 male and 6,673 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,030	3,662	6,368
Men	3,357	1,522	1,835
Women	6,673	2,140	4,533

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,298 White, 849 Black, and 1,156 Asian students out of a total of 10,030 are attending at Pepperdine University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	37	13	24
Asian	1,156	438	718
Black	849	224	625
Hispanic	1,994	565	1,429
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	33	12	21
White	4,298	1,451	2,847
Two or more races	521	162	359
Race Unknown	342	126	216

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	3	4
Asian	514	240	274
Black	143	56	87
Hispanic	673	245	428
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	3	5
White	1,668	685	983
Two or more races	267	109	158
Race Unknown	61	24	37

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	30	10	20
Asian	642	198	444
Black	706	168	538
Hispanic	1,321	320	1,001
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	25	9	16
White	2,630	766	1,864
Two or more races	254	53	201
Race Unknown	281	102	179

Student Age Distribution

By age, Pepperdine has 71 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 5,101 students under 25 years old, and 4,929 students over 25 years old out of 10,030 total students.

Pepperdine has 3,526 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 136 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Pepperdine, 1 students are younger than 18 and 34 students are older than 65. It has 1,575 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,793 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	71	42	29
18-19	1,768	1,119	649
20-21	1,459	838	621
22-24	1,803	1,258	545
25-29	1,933	1,373	560
30-34	1,013	699	314
35-39	613	426	187
40-49	831	562	269
50-64	505	341	164
Over 65	34	15	19

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	70	42	28
18-19	1,768	1,119	649
20-21	1,382	773	609
22-24	306	136	170
25-29	51	24	27
30-34	29	15	14
35-39	18	10	8
40-49	29	15	14
50-64	9	6	3

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1	0	1

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Pepperdine University, 3,100 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,078 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,055 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,045 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	10,030	3,100	1,078
Undergraduate	3,662	118	28
Graduate	6,368	2,982	1,050

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,055	1,005	40
Undergraduate	105	10	3
Graduate	1,950	995	37

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,662 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 79 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.16%.54 students have transferred in as full-time status and 25 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,397
Transfer-in Full-time	54
Regular Part-time	186
Transfer-in Part-time	25

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