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Pepperdine University Master’s in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at Pepperdine University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in psychology, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Master’s in Psychology from Pepperdine Cost?

Pepperdine Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Pepperdine was $1,810 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$36,200	$36,200
Fees	$120	$120

Does Pepperdine Offer an Online Master’s in Psychology?

Pepperdine does not offer an online option for its psychology master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Pepperdine Online Learning page.

Pepperdine Master’s Student Diversity for Psychology

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 362 master’s degrees in psychology handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in psychology in 2019-2020, 85.9% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.6%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in psychology at Pepperdine in 2019-2020, 45.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	78
Native American or Alaska Native	3
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	3
White	148
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Master’s in Psychology Focus Areas at Pepperdine

Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	112
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	250

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.