Pepperdine University MBA Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

Pepperdine University is known to offer top-ranked undergraduate and graduate courses, in different academic domains, leading students to obtain good employment opportunities after graduating. After graduating, 52% of the full-time MBA graduates obtained and accepted an employment offer and 76% of the students accepted the same after three months of passing out from Graziadio Business School.

Overall, 92% of the students who had pursued an undergraduate course were either employed, opted to study further, went ahead with volunteering or joined the military after six months of post-graduating.

In 2022, the university has been recognised among the top 50 universities in the country by the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings. Also, it ranks 49^th out of 388 national universities, for the second time continuously, as one of America’s best national universities. Pepperdine University has also enhanced its performance and ranking in various other categories such as Study Abroad, Undergraduate teaching, Best colleges for veterans, etc.

This placement article sums up the career outcome and placement information of 82% of the graduating class of 2021. After the overall class profile and employment report, Pepperdine Graziadio Business School’s full-time MBA employment analysis has been done.

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Pepperdine Placement Highlights 2021

Pepperdine Overall Class Profile 2021

The total number of students enrolled at Pepperdine University was 9,554, out of which 2,666 were graduates. 92.3% of undergraduates and 85.3% of the graduates were receiving financial assistance while studying at the university.

• Degrees conferred: Masters (39%), Bachelor’s (35%), PhD (1%), EdD (2%), PsyD (1%), JD (5%), MBA (17%).
• Religious affiliation: Jewish (2%), Muslim (1%), Hindu (1%), Buddhist (1%), Other (2%), Unstated (28%), Church of Christ (5%), Other Christian (47%), None (13%).
• Ethnicity: Non-resident international (10%), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (
• The student-teacher ratio was 13:1.

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Pepperdine Full-Time MBA Class Profile 2021

• Non-permanent work authorization: 34%
• Permanent work authorization: 66%
• Not-seeking full-time job: 39%
• Seeking full-time job: 55%
• No info available: 6%

Pepperdine Full-Time MBA Top Employers 2021

Bank of America, AT&T, IBM, Boeing, Amazon, Northrop Grumman, Disney, Oracle, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo, South California Edison, Amgen, Pepperdine.

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31% of the Pepperdine students who were holding a full-time MBA degree obtained employment through Pepperdine Graziadio facilitated activities and 69% found it through the graduate facilitated activities.

According to function, the highest employment rate was witnessed in Marketing and Sales, with 31% of the Pepperdine full-time MBA graduates getting hired. The second place was shared both by Finance/Accounting and General Management, with an employment rate of 25% each. The functions which recorded the least number of graduate placements were Human Resources and Operations/Logistics, both with a 3% employment rate.

The graph displayed below features different functions and the percentage of full-time MBA graduates they hired from Pepperdine University.

Employment by undergraduate major

• Technical: 10%
• Business: 48%
• Other: 45%

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Pepperdine Full-Time MBA Average Salary 2021

The median starting salary for full-time MBA graduates was over $72,000 and the median base salary amount was $72,500. Similarly, the mean starting salary for full-time MBA students was over $76,000 and the mean base salary amount was $75,977. The base salary low-high range was $14,802 to $133,000. The median signing bonus recorded was $15,000 and the mean signing bonus was $14,250. Also, the signing bonus low-high range was $1,500 to $35,000.

Base Salary

• Permanent Work Authorisation: Mean base salary ($81,356), Median base salary ($75,000), Low base salary ($40,000), high base salary ($133,000).
• Non-Permanent work authorisation: Mean base salary ($43,701), Median base salary ($40,000), Low base salary ($14,802), high base salary ($80,000).

Signing/Starting Bonus

• Permanent work authorisation: Mean bonus ($14,250), Median bonus ($15,000), Low bonus ($1,500), high bonus ($135,000).

Pepperdine Full-Time MBA Salary by Industry 2021

Pepperdine Full-Time MBA Salary by Professional Experience 2021

• 1-year or less: Median Base salary ($64,000), High Base Salary ($133,000).
• 1-3 years: Median Base salary ($90,750), High Base Salary ($111,500).
• 3-5 years: Median Base salary ($100,000), High Base Salary ($120,000).
• More than 5 years: Median Base salary ($86,000), High Base Salary ($110,000).

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Pepperdine Campus Placement Support

The campus placement cell at Pepperdine University directs students toward the right career path and develops strategies which help them ease out their efforts towards finding the right kind of employment, suiting their preferences. Various events are organised for the benefit of Pepperdine students such as on-campus interviews, case competitions, career development workshops, information sessions, site visits, and much more.

Some of the facilities offered to the universities are explained below:

Career Development Workshops: Students can take part in these workshops and discuss various career-related topics. This helps them achieve short as well as long-term goals and students can get well prepared for entering the professional industry.

Case Competitions: Here, students search for solutions to tough challenges with the help of enhanced problem-solving abilities. These are team-based presentations which allow students to use their acquired knowledge for solving real-world problems. As a result, students can build good professional connections.

Information sessions: These sessions are hosted by different employers/organisations and allow the students to connect with corporate executives and gain knowledge about the scope of their industry, objectives, work culture, interview process, etc. Students can get great career advice from professionals in such sessions and build networks as well.

On-Campus Interviews: Renowned employers from across the US are roped in for organising interviews with the students as well as alumni for becoming mentally prepared for their career or internship. These interviews have lots of advantages and students are recommended to attend the same frequently.

Site Visits: Students are taken to visit the employer site occasionally. Usually, students going for such visits or rounds are able to attend employer presentations, information sessions, panel discussions, Q&A sessions, etc.

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