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Pepperdine

Pepperdine University
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Former names
George Pepperdine College
Motto Freely ye received, freely give
Type Private research university
Established 1937
Affiliation Churches of Christ
Endowment $781.3 million (2016)
President Andrew K. Benton
Academic staff
681 (Fall 2016)
Students 7,826 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 3,542 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 4,284 (Fall 2016)
Location Malibu, California, U.S.
34°02′19.26″N 118°42′27.29″W / 34.0386833°N 118.7075806°W / 34.0386833; -118.7075806Coordinates: 34°02′19.26″N 118°42′27.29″W / 34.0386833°N 118.7075806°W / 34.0386833; -118.7075806
Campus Suburban
830 acres (340 ha)
Colors Blue and Orange
         
Athletics NCAA Division IWCC
Nickname Waves
Mascot Willy the Wave
Affiliations NAICU
Website pepperdine.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 130
U.S. News & World Report 50
Washington Monthly 96

Pepperdine University is an private, not-for-profit, coeducational research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's 830-acre (340 ha) campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu is the location for Seaver College, the School of Law, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Graziadio School of Business and Management, and the School of Public Policy.

Pepperdine is ranked 50th among "National Universities", 29th among Best Value Schools, and 65th among Business Schools by U.S. News & World Report's 2017 rankings. The university was also ranked 130th in America's Best Colleges by Forbes in 2016.

Courses are taught at the main campus, six graduate campuses in southern California, and at international campuses in Germany, England, Italy, China, Switzerland and Argentina. The Ed.D. program in Organizational leadership, (EDOL) has held international courses in China, Argentina, Chile, Belize, Costa Rica, and India.

In February 1937, against the backdrop of the Great Depression, George Pepperdine founded the university as a Christian liberal arts college in the city of Los Angeles. On September 21, 1937, 167 new students from 22 different states and two other countries entered classes on a newly built campus on 34 acres (14 ha) at West 79th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles, referred to later as the Vermont Avenue campus. By April 6, 1938, George Pepperdine College was fully accredited by the Northwest Association.


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