Pepperdine University is a private institution that was founded in 1937. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,488, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 830 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Pepperdine University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 57.

Squeezed in among the Santa Monica Mountain foothills, Pepperdine University is a Christian college known for its picturesque location in Malibu, Calif. The school upholds the New Testament-based traditions of the Churches of Christ.