I would recommend Case Western: it’s higher ranked (slightly.) And the cost of living in Cleveland is much, much less than Malibu (among the priciest places in the entire country.) And as ucbalumnus pointed out, Pepperdine is religious, there is mandatory chapel attendance. You can read about it here:
I thought this was interesting: “The weekends are pretty dead. A lot of students go home, and many of them just sort of lay low and study or sleep in their dorm rooms.”