Pepperdine University Continues to Climb U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Colleges Pepperdine jumped two spots to number 52 out of 280 national higher learning institutions. Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:45:00 -0800 c6f1d8db-2744-4208-b621-369dfd2aaeef Pepperdine University Continues to Climb US News World Report Rankings of Best Colleges