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Pepperdine tuition and net price

Pepperdine University · Malibu, California · Private nonprofit · 3,553 undergraduates

$72,672
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$95,168
full cost of attendance a year
$48,065
average net price after aid

Tuition and fees for 2025-26 come to $72,672, well above the $35,915 median for private four-year colleges. Families under $30,000 still paid $38,093 on average, 60% of what families above $110,000 paid ($63,600). Pepperdine charges $25,980 more in tuition than it did in 2014-15 ($46,692 then, $72,672 now).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $38,093Income under $30,000$38,093Income $30,001 to $48,000: $35,990Income $30,001 to $48,000$35,990Income $48,001 to $75,000: $38,110Income $48,001 to $75,000$38,110Income $75,001 to $110,000: $42,539Income $75,001 to $110,000$42,539Income over $110,000: $63,600Income over $110,000$63,600
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Pepperdine's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k$80k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $47k2015-16 $48k2016-17 $50k2017-18 $52k2018-19 $54k2019-20 $56k2020-21 $58k2021-22 $60k2022-23 $63k2023-24 $67k2024-25 no data2025-26 $73k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$72,672
2023-24$66,742
2022-23$63,142
2021-22$59,702
2020-21$58,002
2019-20$55,892
2018-19$53,932
2017-18$51,992
2016-17$50,022
2015-16$48,342
2014-15$46,692

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$72,672
Room and board on campus
$22,480
Books and supplies
$1,000
Full cost of attendance
$95,168 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
24%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
40%
Median federal debt at graduation
$21,500

Colleges similar to Pepperdine

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Pepperdine in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
The New School
New York, NY		63%6,563$48,163$64,471
Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA		64%3,603$38,626$46,867
Yeshiva University
New York, NY		56%2,852$49,210$77,098
Chapman
Orange, CA		65%7,478$46,708$80,694
Pratt Institute, Main
Brooklyn, NY		73%3,910$48,876$63,115
Bryant
Smithfield, RI		65%3,194$39,186$104,456

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Pepperdine on College Scorecard