Chapman University
Orange, California
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 7,478 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 65%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $46,708per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 82%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $80,69410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Chapman University provides undergraduates with up to 4 free tuition credits during Interterm if they are enrolled full-time in both the preceding Fall and proceeding Spring semesters.
Incoming first-year undergraduates at Chapman University are required to live on campus for their first three years unless commuting from a family home within 30 miles.
Source: First-Year Student Housing Options | Chapman University
Chapman University provides full-time undergraduate students with up to 4 free tuition credits during Interterm if enrolled full-time in the preceding fall and proceeding spring semesters.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 65%About 7 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1260–1440Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 28–31Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $46,708full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $85,323sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $67,894Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 82%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 92%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $80,69410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 7,478Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 24%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 18%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- California Baptist University Riverside, CA — admits 85%
- Marquette University Milwaukee, WI — admits 81%
- Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego, CA — admits 84%
- University of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN — admits 85%
Also worth a look
- Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT — admits 65%
- Pepperdine University Malibu, CA — admits 63%
- The New School New York, NY — admits 63%
- Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA — admits 45%
- American University Washington, DC — admits 62%
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL — admits 65%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Chapman University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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