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Pepperdine Comparisons

Malibu, California

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Compare with California Public Colleges

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University of California Los Angeles

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


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San Diego State University

$60,248 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Berkeley

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Barbara

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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San Jose State University

$60,248 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


C
California State University Long Beach

$60,248 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California San Diego

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$60,248 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Riverside

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$54,156 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


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California State Polytechnic University Pomona

$60,248 lower in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


Compare with California Private Colleges

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Stanford University

$4,259 lower in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


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University of Southern California

$650 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


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University of San Francisco

$8,320 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


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Loyola Marymount University

$8,388 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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Santa Clara University

$7,403 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Chapman University

$3,590 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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California Institute of Technology

$5,174 lower in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


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Pomona College

$4,084 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


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Azusa Pacific University

$23,090 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Occidental College

$3,140 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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University of the Pacific

$11,484 lower in-state tuition
45% higher acceptance rate


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Point Loma Nazarene University

$23,390 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


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University of Redlands

$8,726 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


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Harvey Mudd College

$36 lower in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


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Claremont McKenna College

$2,190 lower in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


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Scripps College

$2,774 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


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Whittier College

$17,066 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


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Westmont College

$15,440 lower in-state tuition
30% higher acceptance rate


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Biola University

$19,286 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


C
California Lutheran University

$16,110 lower in-state tuition
39% higher acceptance rate


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Soka University of America

$31,608 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


O
Otis College of Art and Design

$14,002 lower in-state tuition
34% higher acceptance rate


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Mills College

$3,990 lower in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


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Thomas Aquinas College

$37,290 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Villanova University

$2,184 lower in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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Bucknell University

$1,572 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


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Southern Methodist University

$8,778 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


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Tulane University

$4,684 lower in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


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Emerson College

$11,590 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Denver

$7,958 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$4,810 lower in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


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American University

$10,266 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


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Wake Forest University

$2,382 lower in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


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Babson College

$9,958 lower in-state tuition
30% lower acceptance rate


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Bentley University

$7,840 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

$5,630 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Seton Hall University

$17,320 lower in-state tuition
29% higher acceptance rate


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Providence College

$6,160 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


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University of Tulsa

$19,058 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Gonzaga University

$13,450 lower in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


D
Drake University

$16,524 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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Creighton University

$20,990 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


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Pratt Institute Main

$8,331 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


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Stevens Institute of Technology

$7,310 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


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Lewis & Clark College

$4,074 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


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St Olaf College

$9,020 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


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Clarkson University

$9,348 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


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Illinois Institute of Technology

$16,347 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
University of St Thomas

$15,202 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$11,230 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


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Simmons University

$21,782 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


H
College of the Holy Cross

$5,940 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


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Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$25,930 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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New York Institute of Technology

$24,030 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


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Yeshiva University

$19,990 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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St Catherine University

$17,126 lower in-state tuition
44% higher acceptance rate


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Touro College

$44,990 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate