Doctoral · Malibu, California
Is Educational Administration and Supervision 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $109,684
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $129,335
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $184,816
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $196k (likely $196k – $196k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $60k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.2 years (likely 5.0–7.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$108k (likely −$254k – $47k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $635k (likely $301k – $961k)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- ≤ 20% / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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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
- Dispute Resolution (Master's)$110,166
- Economics (Bachelor's)$104,943
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$103,432
- 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
Educational Administration and Supervision at other schools in California
- San Diego State University$158,013
- San Francisco State University$157,979
- California State University-East Bay$154,918
- University of Massachusetts Global$152,157
- California State University-Fullerton$141,254
- University of California-Los Angeles$140,028
- University of Southern California$138,552
- Loyola Marymount University$134,109
- California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$132,932
- University of California-Davis$130,291