Pepperdine University, California

About Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University is a small unincorporated community in southeastern California.

Pepperdine University holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.54 square miles.

📰 Pepperdine University News Today

• Pepperdine University Athletics Pepperdine University Athletics · Aug 14
• Pepperdine University Hosts Classic Learning Test Founder Jeremy Wayne Tate for President’s Speaker Series Pepperdine University · Feb 26
• California-Based Christian University Launches $1 Billion Fundraising Campaign Religion Unplugged · Jun 12
• Men’s Volleyball Reaches Five Against No. 6 Pepperdine ucsbgauchos.com · Feb 14
• How Your Admission Counselors Made Their College Decisions Pepperdine | Seaver College · Apr 15

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Pepperdine University Unique

• The only place in America named Pepperdine University — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern California, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Pepperdine University

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Pepperdine University

• Blue Bottle Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• Howdy's (café)
• Nobu — sushi
• Real Coconut
• Saddle Peak Lodge — american
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Amore Pizza — pizza
• Broad Street Oyster (café)
• Clark's Oyster Bar — seafood
• Duke's Malibu

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art · Museum
• Malibu Gallery · Art gallery
• Adamson House and Malibu Lagoon Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Pepperdine University

• Cameron Nature Preserve at Puerco Canyon · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Legacy Park reviews ★
• Alumni Park reviews ★
• Carbon Canyon Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Corral Canyon Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• David M. Brown Overlook · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Kaslow Natural Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• MRCA Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Malibu Bluffs Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Malibu Creek State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Malibu Lagoon State Beach · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Mountains Restoration Trust Land · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Pepperdine University

🏘️ Nearby Communities