Pepperdine Students Awarded More Than $460,000 in Prestigious LA County Department of Mental Health Stipends

Twenty-five Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) students have been selected to receive the 2024–2025 Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health stipend. Valued at $18,500 per recipient, this year’s awards total $462,500 in funding to support Pepperdine students preparing to serve in high-need mental health settings. Two additional students were named alternates.

Among the 25 recipients, 23 are from the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy (MACLP) program and two are from the Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) program. These results reflect Pepperdine’s strong alignment with the county’s workforce priorities and its commitment to developing the next generation of compassionate, service-minded mental health professionals that will serve communities in Los Angeles County and beyond.

This year 67 MFT students and 17 psychology students were selected across all participating institutions for the highly competitive program. With 23 MFT recipients, Pepperdine students represent more than one-third of all MFT stipend awards countywide. The University also accounts for more than 10 percent of all psychology stipend recipients in Los Angeles County.