Bachelor's · Orange, California
Is Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Chapman University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.1 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $43,633
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $71,423
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $19,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $198k (likely $198k – $219k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.1 years (likely 7.8–10.9)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$125k (likely −$198k – −$67k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $257k (likely $120k – $416k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 83%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 10%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Students heading toward art, design & performance majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP 2-D Art and Design
- AP Drawing
- AP Art History
- AP Music Theory
IB Higher Level
- Visual Arts HL
- Music HL or Theatre HL or Film HL
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Other majors at Chapman University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$153,718
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$121,592
- Law (First professional)$119,002
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$112,780
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$107,808
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$102,147
- Statistics (Undergraduate certificate)$98,740
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$94,016
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$91,496
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$86,167
- Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)$84,978
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$84,482
Film/Video and Photographic Arts at other schools in California
- University of California-Berkeley$70,963
- Loyola Marymount University$61,500
- University of Southern California$58,623
- University of California-Davis$57,999
- University of California-Riverside$52,699
- University of California-Irvine$51,423
- University of California-Los Angeles$50,904
- Woodbury University$50,387
- Art Center College of Design$49,933
- University of California-Santa Barbara$49,893