Miami/Tulane/Pepperdine
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Anonymous
I live near Pepperdine and it is a very special place to spend time. The college itself is evangelical so not for everyone, but Malibu is magical. My own Senior wants to go to Tulane. In the end, kids just want something different. College is the perfect time to experience that. |
Anonymous
DP: I'm a Christian college grad, and this made me laugh. Pepperdine isn't Christian college like where I went. And even in that more overtly Christian college world there are huge differences (Wheaton and Messiah are NOT similar to Liberty and Grove City). Anyway, I would defer to people familiar with the college, it's faith relationship and just faith in general! |
Anonymous
I would not consider Pepperdine evangelical. |
Anonymous
Absolutely. nothing wrong with that . Tulane is an amazing school. We are the opposite. We live in the New Orleans area and despite getting in Tulane she wanted to go away. So Pepperdine it was. We are Jewish and we were so worried about the Christian indoctrination environment. But she is now in her 2nd year spending the year abroad and she is as happy as she can be. She had an amazing experience in her 1st year and despite all of the criticism we heard on this board, she fit in nicely, made amazing friends, joined a sorority and nobody has made her feel unwanted or excluded because she is Jewish. |
Anonymous
| This is great to hear about Pepperdine. The only thing we really liked about it was that even in the 1st year, classes were only 16-20 kids per class. It was an amazing experience for DD. |
Anonymous
Just toured Miami with DD last week. These are really nice dorms. She really enjoyed the tour. We also got to go to the Florida x Miami game and the atmosphere was electric! Great combo of small private school with D1 football. |
Anonymous
Agree. Ifte Op's family I'd Jewish, then Tulane & U Miami make sense, but Pepperdine does not. |
Anonymous
| If the OP's family is Jewish, then Tulane & Miami make sense, but not Pepperdine. |
Anonymous
| The evangelical aspect of Pepperdine is a good thing. This generation needs Christ! |
Anonymous
This is BS. I’m the Jewish PP whose daughter is a 2nd yr at Pepperdine. We live in New Orleans and know all about Tulane. We love Tulane. She just wanted out. Or are you saying that White people need to go to majority white schools and black people should go to HBUs and Jewish people can only go to Yeshiva or Tulane? Please. I want my daughter to live in the real world, not in a cozy little environment that makes them feel at home in one way or another. |
Anonymous
| I’m sure Miami /Tulane is similar, but my niece just graduated from Pepperdine. There was so much wealth there at the top that she got a little spoiled with trips to Cabo on friends private jets, summer in friend’s homes in Hawaii. I thought it was a little too much. But she had a blast. |
Anonymous
Jump to 2025: Miami 64, Tulane 69, Pepperdine 84. Again, these are big jumps from the 50 rankings for all 3 just 3 yrs ago. Pretty sad that smaller classes are no longer a variable. |
Anonymous
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Hard to believe that eliminating Class Size and % of faculty with Terminal degrees in favor of % of Pell Grant recipients and # of 1st gen students translates to a better ranking.
Completely ludicrous. |
Anonymous
it is ludicrous. This is why a lot of mediocre state schools jumped in the rankings 2 years ago. |
Anonymous
Pepperdine got really hurt with those changes, but Tulane got destroyed by the methodology changes. |