US News & World Report Best Colleges | 2019

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Rankings for Pepperdine University

I. Pepperdine ranked 46th among the 2019 Best Colleges (National Universities) in the US

Figure 1. Pepperdine's USN&WR rankings (2001-2019)

Pepperdine maintained its ranking of 46 (out of 312 National Universities) in the 2019 edition of the US News & World Report (USN&WR) Best Colleges.

Source: US News & World Report, Best Colleges 2019

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Table 1. Pepperdine's detailed ranking

Indicators and sub-indicators

USN&WR OVERALL RANK Outcomes ranka

First-year retention rate Six-year graduation rate (actual/non-Pell) Six-year graduation rate (actual/Pell) Grad. rate performance (actual - predicted) Social mobilityb Expert opinion rankc Peer assessment score (out of 5) High school counselors score (out of 5) Faculty resources rank Classes under 20 Classes 50 or more Full-time faculty with terminal degree (Univ.) Student-faculty ratio Full-time faculty (Univ.) Faculty salary Student excellence rankd SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (enrolled) Freshmen in top 10% high school grad. class Financial resources rank Alumni giving rank Percentage (2-year rolling average)

Weights -

35.0% (4.4%) (17.6%)

(8.0%) (5.0%) 20.0% (15.0%) (5.0%) 20.0% (6.0%) (2.0%) (3.0%) (1.0%) (1.0%) (7.0%) 10.0% (7.75%) (2.25%) 10.0% 5.0%

-

Unless otherwise noted, rankings are based on Seaver College data.

USN&WR Edition

2017

2018

2019

50

46

46

55

49

37

93%

92%

92%

84%

87%

85%

-

-

83%

+7%

+11%

+9%

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.3

3.3

3.3

4.4

4.3

4.2

34

37

33

69%

69%

71%

2%

2%

2%

88%

88%

89%

13:1

14:1

13:1

78%

79%

81%

-

-

-

74

79

73

1100-1320 1110-1330 1200-1390

48%

49%

49%

66

66

65

175

152

122

7%

8%

9%

Changes

No change Improved No change Declined

N/A Declined

No change Declined Improved Improved No change Improved Improved Improved Improved Improved No change Improved Improved Improved

Rankings are weighted based on the following indicators:

Outcomesa

2018 30.0%

Graduation and retention

(22.5%)

Six-year graduation rate

{18%}

First-year retention rate

{4.5%}

Graduation rate performance (actual-predicted) Social mobilityb Expert opinionc

(7.5%) -

22.5%

Peer assessment

(15%)

High school counselor assessment

(7.5%)

Faculty resources

20.0%

Class size

(8%)

Classes with fewer than 20 students

{6%}

Classes with 20 to 49 students

{2%}

Faculty salary

(7%)

Proportion of faculty with highest degree in their field (3%)

Student-faculty ratio

(1%)

Proportion of faculty who are full-time Student excellenced

(1%) 12.5%

Standardized test

(8.1%)

High school class standing Acceptance ratee

(3.1%) (1.3%)

Financial resources

10.0%

Alumni giving

5.0%

2019 35.0% (22%) {17.6%} {4.4%} (8%) (5%) 20.0% (15%) (5%) 20.0% (8%) {6%} {2%} (7%) (3%) (1%) (1%) 10.0% (7.75%) (2.25%)

10.0% 5.0%

aAlso known as "graduation and retention rank." bNew indicator for 2019 rankings. Refers to a school's success at promoting social mobility by

graduating students who receive federal Pell Grants. cPreviously known as "assessment of excellence." dPreviously known as "student selectivity rank." eIndicator removed for 2019 rankings.

Percentages in parenthesis refer to the sub-indicator percentage points that comprise the respective

weight. For more information on rankings/methodology, see the USN&WR Methodology Report.

Source: US News & World Report, Best Colleges 2019

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II. Peer & Competitor Schools | Ranking Comparison

Table 2. Ranking history of peer and competitor schools (national universities)

Ranking year

School

Description

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

University of Notre Dame Competitor

19 17 18 16 18 15

Georgetown University

Competitor

22 21 20 21 21 20

Univ. of Southern California Competitor

23 24 23 25 23 23

Wake Forest University

Competitor

25 27 23 27 27 27

New York University

Competitor

33 32 32 32 32 36

University of Rochester

USN&WR peer

35 33 32 33 33 32

Boston College

Competitor

31 31 31 31 30 31

Boston University

USN&WR peer

53 51 41 42 41 39

Tulane University

USN&WR peer

50 51 52 54 41 39

Pepperdine University

-

55 54 57 54 52 50

Southern Methodist Univ Current peer (OIE/WSCUC) 62 58 60 58 61 56

George Washington Univ USN&WR peer

50 51 52 54 57 56

Baylor University

Current peer (OIE/WSCUC) 75 77 75 71 72 71

University of San Diego

Current peer (OIE/WSCUC) 97 92 91 95 89 86

University of the Pacific

Competitor

101 106 112 116 108 111

2018

18 20 21 27 30 34 32 37 40 46 61 56 75 90 110

2019

18 22 22 27 30 33 38 42 44 46 59 63 78 85 106

Note: schools are sorted by current ranking. USN&WR peer: universities that are historically ranked near Pepperdine in USN&WR Best Colleges. Current peer (OIE/WSCUC): universities that are currently used for institutional research/effectiveness, accreditation for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), or reporting purposes.

Peer institutions are universities that are comparable to Pepperdine in one or more characteristics. These characteristics may include mission, size, enrollment, selectivity, or program offerings. While no one institution is a perfect match, peer institutions can be a resource for comparison when examining practices, policies, curriculum, or programs.

Table 2 summarizes rankings of both peer and competitor schools for the past eight issues of USN&WR for schools that are categorized as "National Universities." USN&WR assigns more than 1600 four-year colleges to a rankings group (i.e., National Universities, National Liberal Arts, and Regional Universities) based on the categories of higher education institutions developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Thus, several Pepperdine peer schools (e.g., Santa Clara University, Loyola Marymount University, Chapman University, Calvin College, among others) are ranked in different categories, such as "National Liberal Arts Colleges," or "Regional Universities."

Source: US News & World Report, Best Colleges 2019

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III. Pepperdine ranked 39th among the Best Value Schools (National Universities) in the US

Figure 2. Top best value schools (national universities)

Pepperdine ranked 39th among the nation's Best Value Schools according to USN&WR, which declined from 2018's ranking of 35th (see orange box in Figure 2). The calculation used to determine this particular ranking takes into account a school's academic quality, based on USN&WR Best Colleges ranking, and the 2017-2018 net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the value for students. Only schools ranked in or near the top half of their categories (which indicates that they are above average academically) are included.

Source: US News & World Report, Best Colleges 2019

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IV. Pepperdine ranked 40th in the High School Counselor Rankings (National Universities)

Figure 3. Top national universities according to high school counselors.

In Spring 2018, USN&WR surveyed 24,400 public, private, and parochial high school counselors nationwide in order to assess which schools the counselors felt offered the best undergraduate education to their students. Counselors rated universities on a five-point scale, with 1 = marginal to 5 = distinguished. Counselors were instructed to mark "don't know" if they were unfamiliar with a particular college. The three most recent years of survey results (i.e., Spring 2016, Spring 2017, and Spring 2018) were averaged to compute the high school counselor reputation score. Pepperdine garnered a score of 4.2 out of 5.0, ranking 40th among National Universities (see orange box in Figure 3), which declined from 2018's ranking of 35th.

Source: US News & World Report, Best Colleges 2019

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V. Pepperdine received a campus diversity rating of 0.59 (National Universities)

USN&WR identifies colleges where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from diverse ethnic backgrounds, by factoring in the proportion of minority students--leaving out international students--and the overall mix of groups in each institution's 2017-2018 student body. The ethnic categories used in the calculations were African-American (non-Hispanic), Hispanic, American Indian, Asian American, Pacific Islander, White (non-Hispanic), and multiracial (two or more races). The formula produces a diversity index that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. The closer a school's number is to 1.0, the more diverse the student population (i.e., the closer the number is to 1.0 the more likely it is for students to encounter students from a different ethnic group). Pepperdine received a score of 0.60, which increased from 0.59 in 2018 (see Table 3).

Table 3. Pepperdine's diversity index score

Diversity index

USN&WR edition

(1 = highest)

2013

0.59

2014

0.63

2015

0.66

2016

0.65

2017

0.62

2018

0.59

2019

0.60

VI. Other US News & World Report rankings

Table 4. Other USN&WR rankings for Pepperdine

School Graziadio Business School

School of Law Graduate School of Education and Psychology School of Public Policy Best Colleges for Veteransa

Program Best Undergraduate Business Programs Best Business Schools Best Part-time MBA Best Online MBA Programs

Best Law Schools Dispute Resolution Clinical Psychology

Public Affairs -

Ranking (1 = highest) 2018 2019

45 44

65 72

29 51

21 19

72

b

1

1

143 143

68 64

18 20

aThe top-ranked schools that participate in federal initiatives helping veterans and active-duty service members

pay for their degrees. bUnranked.

Rankings based on data available on 9/10/18.

Source: US News & World Report, Best Colleges 2019

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