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Read the review →Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
Pepperdine University · Malibu, California · Private
“The best-located business school in America, whatever else is true.”
Reviewed by David Krug · July 2026
Data anchored to the 2026 U.S. News table, Poets&Quants reporting, and school-published class profiles
64.9
GoodBP Score
$110,000Tuition, total
610Avg. GMAT
Acceptance rate
77%Placed at 3 months
$105,000Median base salary
Our review
Graziadio’s honest core is its large working-professional network across LA’s services economy, taught from campuses including the most scenic one in American higher education. Full-time outcomes run soft against the price; the part-time and executive formats — where most students actually are — deliver the promotions they promise.
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