Master's · 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 4.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $62,954
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $102,370
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $41,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $43k (likely $43k – $43k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $33k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.1 years (likely 3.0–6.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $80k (likely −$51k – $218k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $512k (likely $203k – $819k)
- 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
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$103,432
- International Business (Bachelor's)$100,595
- 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
- University of Massachusetts Global$118,581
- California State University-San Bernardino$118,120
- California State University-Dominguez Hills$115,100
- National University$110,083
- San Francisco State University$109,935
- Concordia University-Irvine$109,714
- California State University-East Bay$109,423
- Santa Clara University$108,364
- Hope International University$107,066
- California State University-Long Beach$106,225