Private nonprofit · Orange, California
Chapman University: cost, debt and earnings by major
43 programs with reported graduate earnings. Click one for net cost, payback and 10-year return.
- Average net price, all families
- $46,708
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Odds of finishing
- 83%
- Within 150% of normal time · Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Admission rate
- 65%
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Undergraduates
- 7,478
- Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25
- Median debt of graduates
- $19,500
- NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Borrowers in default after 2 years
- 1.0%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Net price by family income
| $0–30,000 | $34,494 |
|---|---|
| $30,001–48,000 | $30,442 |
| $48,001–75,000 | $31,307 |
| $75,001–110,000 | $41,191 |
| $110,000+ | $55,261 |
What families paid per year after grants, AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Undergraduate certificate programs (1)
- Statistics$98,740 (1 yr)
Bachelor's programs (23)
- Computer Science$112,780
- Accounting and Related Services$102,147
- Business/Managerial Economics$84,978
- Business Administration, Management and Operations$84,378
- Computer and Information Sciences, General$83,771 (1 yr)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$80,139
- Journalism$79,135
- Design and Applied Arts$78,121
- Business/Corporate Communications$76,412
- Communication and Media Studies$73,461
- Public Health$72,529
- Political Science and Government$68,856
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts$66,494
- Education, General$64,917
- Biology, General$64,461
- Psychology, General$63,617
- Sociology$62,047
- English Language and Literature, General$58,055
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$51,611
- Dance$50,612
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$44,183
- Music$41,698
- Graphic Communications$26,232 (1 yr)
Master's programs (15)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations$121,592
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$107,808
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$86,167
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$84,482
- Educational Administration and Supervision$82,030
- Food Science and Technology$81,538 (1 yr)
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services$81,239
- Accounting and Related Services$80,556 (1 yr)
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions$77,174
- Special Education and Teaching$71,762
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$69,818
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$65,144
- Curriculum and Instruction$62,550 (1 yr)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts$50,895
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$41,394
Doctoral programs (1)
- Curriculum and Instruction$91,496 (1 yr)