Doctoral · Malibu, California
Is Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at Pepperdine University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $80,903
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $111,099
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $190,001
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $201k (likely $201k – $201k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $41k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.2 years (likely 6.9–13.4)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$328k (likely −$490k – −$153k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $202k (likely −$161k – $584k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Pepperdine University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$141,949
- Educational/Instructional Media Design (Doctoral)$133,031
- Law (Doctoral)$126,561
- Human Resources Management and Services (Master's)$123,307
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$120,410
- Dispute Resolution (Master's)$110,166
- Economics (Bachelor's)$104,943
- International Business (Bachelor's)$100,595
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$95,306
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$91,227
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$82,200
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (Bachelor's)$81,417
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology at other schools in California
- University of California-San Diego$130,000
- Palo Alto University$121,995
- Touro University Worldwide$111,201
- Biola University$110,375
- Fielding Graduate University$108,694
- Fuller Theological Seminary$106,857
- Alliant International University-San Diego$105,796
- Pacifica Graduate Institute$105,793
- The Wright Institute$103,322
- University of the Pacific$100,222