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| Metric | Pratt Institute-Main | Pepperdine |
|---|---|---|
| Getting in | ||
| Admissions data | Fall 2024 | Fall 2025Fall 2025 |
| Acceptance rate | 73% | 67%Fall 2025 |
| Acceptance rate, men / women | 69% / 75% | 65% / 62% |
| Acceptance rate, in-state / other states / international | 73% / 77% / 78%Fall 2025 | Not published |
| Yield, in-state / other states / international | 13% / 15% / 9.3%Fall 2025 | Not published |
| Applicants | 8,457 | 14,239Fall 2025 |
| Admitted | 6,195 | 9,592Fall 2025 |
| Enrolled | 1,135 | 843 |
| Yield | 18% | 12% |
| SAT middle 50% | 1150–1390 | 1240–1410Fall 2025 |
| ACT middle 50% | 26–31 | 28–32Fall 2025 |
| Sent an SAT | – | 172 (17%)Fall 2025 |
| Sent an ACT | – | 78 (8%)Fall 2025 |
| Scored 1400+ on the SAT | – | 29%Fall 2025 |
| Scored 30+ on the ACT | – | 55%Fall 2025 |
| Admission: High school GPA | Very importantFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: High school record | Required | Required |
| Admission: Class rank | Not consideredFall 2025 | Not consideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: College-prep program | Considered | Not considered |
| Admission: Recommendations | ImportantFall 2025 | ImportantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Essay | Very importantFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Legacy status | Not consideredFall 2025 | Not consideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: Work experience | ConsideredFall 2025 | ConsideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: Demonstration of competencies | Required | Not considered |
| Admission: English proficiency test | Required | Required |
| Admission: Other tests | Not considered | Not considered |
| Average high school GPA | 3.64Fall 2025 | 3.57Fall 2025 |
| First-years in the top tenth of their class | – | – |
| Early decision | Not offered2025–26 | Offered; no counts2025–26 |
| Early action | Offered2025–26 | Offered, restrictive2025–26 |
| Wait list | Uses one; numbers not publishedFall 2025 | 670 admitted of 812 who acceptedFall 2025 |
| Admission: Rigor of high school record | ImportantFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Test scores | Not consideredFall 2025 | ConsideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: Interview | ConsideredFall 2025 | ConsideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: Extracurricular activities | ConsideredFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Talent or ability | Very importantFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Character and personal qualities | ImportantFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: First generation | Not consideredFall 2025 | ConsideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: Geographic residence | Not consideredFall 2025 | Not consideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: State residency | Not consideredFall 2025 | Not consideredFall 2025 |
| Admission: Religious affiliation | Not consideredFall 2025 | Very importantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Volunteer work | ConsideredFall 2025 | ImportantFall 2025 |
| Admission: Demonstrated interest | Very importantFall 2025 | Not consideredFall 2025 |
| Test policy | Test-optional | Test-optionalFall 2027 applicants |
| Application fee | $50 | $65 |
| Deadlines & deposit | Reply by May 1 · $300 housing depositFall 2026 cycle | Apply by January 15 · reply by May 1Fall 2026 cycle |
| Gap year allowed | Yes, up to 1 year (for first-time, first year undergraduates only)Fall 2026 cycle | – |
| Credit for AP exams | Yes | Yes |
| Transfer acceptance rate | 92%Fall 2025 | 55%Fall 2025 |
| Students & campus | ||
| Setting | City: Large | Suburb: Large |
| Carnegie class | Special Focus: Arts, Music, and Design | Professions-focused Undergraduate/Graduate-Doctorate Medium |
| Research activity | Not a research tier | R2: high research |
| Student access & earnings | Lower Access, Medium Earnings | Lower Access, Higher Earnings |
| HBCU, tribal, land-grant | None | None |
| Minority-serving, single-sex | None | None |
| Religious affiliation | None | Churches of Christ |
| Athletics | No NCAA or NAIA division | Division I, no football |
| Conference | Other | West Coast Conference |
| ROTC | Not listed | Army, Air Force |
| Study abroad | Offered | Offered |
| Undergraduate research program | Not listed | Yes |
| Calendar | Semesters | Semesters |
| Undergrads | 3,910 | 3,553 |
| Beds in college housing | 1,875 | 2,545 |
| First-years must live on campus | No | No |
| Men in a fraternity | – | 22%Fall 2025 |
| Women in a sorority | – | 33%Fall 2025 |
| Fraternity/sorority housing | Offered2025–26 | – |
| Greek councils present | – | Panhellenic sororities (NPC), Interfraternity (NIC and IFC)October 2026 |
| Pell Grant | 19% | 20% |
| First-gen | 19% | 18% |
| Men / women | 28% / 72% | 40% / 60% |
| Part-time students | 2% | 5% |
| Students 25 and older | 4% | 3% |
| First-years from in state | 22% | 51% |
| First-years from other states | 52% | 38% |
| First-years from abroad | 26% | 10% |
| New transfer students this fall | 51 | 85 |
| Transfers, share of new undergraduates | 4% | 9% |
| Diversity index | 0.77 | 0.74 |
| Academics | ||
| Students per faculty member | 9 to 1 | 12 to 1 |
| Classes under 20 students | – | 70%Fall 2025 |
| Full-time faculty share | 15% | 47% |
| Average faculty salary | $113,903 | $128,828 |
| Bachelor's degrees awarded | 944 | 1,022 |
| Most popular majors | Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 24% · Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 14% · Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 11% | Business Administration and Management, General 17% · Psychology, General 11% · Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other 8% |
| Instruction spending per student | $19,936 (private nonprofit, FASB accounting) | $10,390 (private nonprofit, FASB accounting) |
| Endowment per student | $54,974 (private nonprofit, FASB accounting) | $124,238 (private nonprofit, FASB accounting) |
| Tuition share of core revenue | 90% | 61% |
| Cost & aid | ||
| Average cost, all students (est.) | $60,584 | $69,013 |
| Aid generosity (grants ÷ full price) | 25% | 26% |
| Net price, students with grants | $54,150 | $66,585 |
| Sticker price, in-state | $80,993 | $93,512 |
| Sticker price, out-of-state | $80,993 | $93,512 |
| Tuition guarantee | No | No |
| Promise program | No | No |
| Tuition & fees, in-state | $59,683 | $66,742 |
| Tuition & fees, out-of-state | $59,683 | $66,742 |
| First-years paying out-of-state rates | – | – |
| First-years with grants | 78% | 91% |
| Average grant | $26,021 | $26,927 |
| Aid from the college | 74% | 90% |
| Need-based aid up to | Published data end at $110K | Little need-based aid above $110K |
| Merit for students without need | 36% got a grant without federal aid, averaging $21K (proxy) | 41% got a grant without federal aid, averaging $17K (proxy) |
| Published promise | – | – |
| Aid forms | FAFSAFall 2026 entrants | FAFSAFall 2026 entrants |
| Aid priority date or deadline | March 1 (priority)Fall 2026 entrants | February 15 (priority)Fall 2026 entrants |
| Need met, first-years | – | 76%2024–25 |
| Average aid package, first-years | $40,4782024–25 | $58,8302024–25 |
| College grant dollars given as merit | 100%2024–25 | 22%2024–25 |
| Aid for international students | 620 students, average $19.2K2024–25 | 145 students, average $36K2024–25 |
| Outcomes | ||
| Median earnings (10 yrs) | $54,295 | $82,939 |
| Graduation rate | 74% | 84% |
| Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients | 63% | 75%Entered fall 2019 |
| Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan | 77% | 78%Entered fall 2019 |
| Pell graduation gap | 15 pts lower | 2 pts lowerEntered fall 2019 |
| Finished within 4 years: Pell recipients | Not published | 64%Entered fall 2019 |
| Finished within 4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan | Not published | 65%Entered fall 2019 |
| Finished within 4 years: all first-time full-time | Not published | 67%Entered fall 2019 |
| Finished within 5 years: Pell recipients | Not published | 74%Entered fall 2019 |
| Finished within 5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan | Not published | 77%Entered fall 2019 |
| Finished within 5 years: all first-time full-time | Not published | 78%Entered fall 2019 |
| Graduated in 6 years, White students | 67% | 86% |
| Graduated in 6 years, Asian students | 77% | 82% |
| Graduated in 6 years, Hispanic/Latino students | 73% | 81% |
| Graduated in 6 years, Black students | Under 30 students | 86% |
| Graduated in 6 years, students of two or more races | Under 30 students | 82% |
| Graduated in 6 years, international students | 82% | 77% |
| Retention rate | 88%Entered fall 2024 | 88% |
| Credential within 4 years, all students | 67% | 76% |
| Credential within 8 years, all students | 76% | 85% |
| Enrolled at another college, 8 years on | 4% | 10% |
| Median debt | $26,000 | $23,510 |
| Undergrads with a federal loan | 35% | 37% |
| Median debt, Pell Grant recipients | $23,564 | $22,000 |
| Website | pratt.edu | pepperdine.edu |
Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024;Pratt Institute-Main Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Pratt Institute-Main Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;Pratt Institute-Main Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2026 cycle;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;National directories of campus chapters and groups, October 2026;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;Pratt Institute-Main Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;College Scorecard, 2023–24;Pratt Institute-Main Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2026 entrants;Pratt Institute-Main Common Data Set 2025–26, 2024–25;Common Data Set, most recent release;Pepperdine University (Fall 2025), Fall 2025;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2027 applicants;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2026 cycle;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2026 entrants;Pepperdine University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2024–25About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
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