Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University

Pepperdine University’s undergraduate students study at Seaver College in Malibu, with access to career coaching, employer events, alumni connections, and internship resources. For students interested in consulting, the Seaver College Career Center offers a useful starting point: its official resources cover consulting case interviews, industry-specific recruiting cycles, and opportunities to meet employers.

Consulting placement

Pepperdine’s latest public Seaver College outcomes page reports results for the Class of 2025, with data collected six months after graduation. The college reports a 96% knowledge rate and says 82.4% of graduates were settled into a recognized outcome. The reported outcomes include 56% employed, 24% continuing education, and approximately 1% in full-time service or military roles.

The public page lists employers that hired recent graduates, including Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PwC, but it does not identify which graduates joined consulting practices or how many did so.

For recruiting research, start with the outcomes page and explore the data for your major. Then use Handshake, career events, and alumni conversations to learn which firms recruit for consulting roles, which offices hire undergraduates, and what backgrounds those teams value.

Consulting clubs and project experience

Seaver students can look for relevant organizations through Pepperdine’s official Inter-Club Council club directory. If no consulting-specific group is available to you, consider adjacent business, economics, entrepreneurship, or data-focused activities where you can demonstrate structured problem-solving, research, quantitative analysis, and presentation skills.

Another option to investigate is Seaver’s Service Leadership: The Consulting Relationship course. The university describes it as a course in which students act as consultants for an organization, analyze a business problem, and develop recommendations based on research and problem-solving. This could provide relevant project experience, but confirm the course’s current availability, prerequisites, and eligibility with the department.

Career Services support

The Seaver College Career Center provides career coaching, résumé and cover-letter support, interview preparation, networking guidance, and help with internship and job searches. Students can use Handshake to schedule appointments and access career resources. For consulting recruiting, ask specifically for guidance on consulting résumé bullets, case practice, and networking with consultants or alumni.

Pepperdine also publishes a dedicated case interview preparation guide. It explains common case formats—including profitability, market sizing, market studies, and mergers and acquisitions—and outlines analytical skills candidates need to demonstrate. The guide recommends beginning preparation well ahead of interviews, with as much as six months of lead time. Use that runway to learn case structures, practice mental math, solve cases with partners, and get feedback rather than trying to cram immediately before an interview.

The Career Center also coordinates employer-facing events. Its fairs and events page lists a Business & Tech Industry Fair that includes consulting, management, finance, and marketing strategy among its career interests, alongside a Spring Career Expo. Check the current calendar and Handshake listings for participating employers and event details.

Recruiting timeline

Pepperdine’s job-search guidance identifies summer through fall as a common recruiting period for accounting, finance, and consulting firms.

A practical approach is to begin early: use the summer before your target recruiting year to research firms, refine your résumé, and build relationships with alumni. During summer and fall, monitor firm applications and campus events, submit applications as they open, and maintain a consistent case-practice routine. Because application windows and on-campus participation vary by firm, confirm dates directly through each employer’s careers site and Pepperdine’s Handshake listings.