Master's · Malibu, California
Is Human Resources Management and Services 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 3.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $98,277
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $132,447
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $81,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $86k (likely $86k – $86k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $63k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.4 years (likely 2.6–4.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $305k (likely $122k – $509k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.09M (likely $638k – $1.53M)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Human Resources Management and Services at other schools in California
- University of San Francisco$153,058
- Golden Gate University$123,772
- University of Southern California$116,471
- Alliant International University-San Diego$89,459
- University of Massachusetts Global$88,158
- University of La Verne$86,184
- National University$81,583
- Azusa Pacific University$77,902
- DeVry University-California$75,225
- Northcentral University$66,156