Chapman University
Orange, California · Private, nonprofit
Of 40 assessed programs, 39 leave graduates out-earning a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 67 could not be assessed.
What would this cost you?
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $33,559 |
| $30k to $48k | $33,978 |
| $48k to $75k | $33,709 |
| $75k to $110k | $40,011 |
| $110k and up | $55,066 |
| All families (average) | $46,555 |
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.
Program earnings vs a high-school graduate
Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.
40 of 107 programs could be assessed 37% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Years to repay | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $84,378 | +$47,402 | clears the bar | $19,625 | 0.4 yrs | 481 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | $66,494 | +$29,518 | clears the bar | $18,500 | 0.6 yrs | 211 |
| Law | First Professional Degree | $119,002 | +$82,026 | clears the bar | $170,800 | 2.1 yrs | 150 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $63,617 | +$26,641 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.8 yrs | 138 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $72,529 | +$35,553 | clears the bar | $23,125 | 0.7 yrs | 116 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | Bachelor's Degree | $76,412 | +$39,436 | clears the bar | $17,875 | 0.5 yrs | 113 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $73,461 | +$36,485 | clears the bar | $18,777 | 0.5 yrs | 104 |
| Film and Photography | Master's Degree | $50,895 | +$13,919 | clears the bar | $144,710 | 10.4 yrs | 95 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $51,611 | +$14,635 | clears the bar | $22,500 | 1.5 yrs | 94 |
| Pharmacy | First Professional Degree | $153,718 | +$116,742 | clears the bar | $248,569 | 2.1 yrs | 85 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | First Professional Degree | $94,016 | +$57,040 | clears the bar | $159,899 | 2.8 yrs | 83 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $68,856 | +$31,880 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.6 yrs | 75 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $121,592 | +$84,616 | clears the bar | $79,168 | 0.9 yrs | 73 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | $64,917 | +$27,941 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.8 yrs | 65 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $112,780 | +$75,804 | clears the bar | $21,809 | 0.3 yrs | 52 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $102,147 | +$65,171 | clears the bar | $20,875 | 0.3 yrs | 47 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | $84,482 | +$47,506 | clears the bar | $119,750 | 2.5 yrs | 46 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $84,978 | +$48,002 | clears the bar | $22,977 | 0.5 yrs | 46 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | $50,612 | +$13,636 | clears the bar | $23,624 | 1.7 yrs | 45 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | $80,139 | +$43,163 | clears the bar | $22,250 | 0.5 yrs | 43 |
| Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Master's Degree | $86,167 | +$49,191 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 42 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $64,461 | +$27,485 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.7 yrs | 39 |
| Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $107,808 | +$70,832 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 38 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $41,698 | +$4,722 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 5.7 yrs | 35 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $44,183 | +$7,207 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 34 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $58,055 | +$21,079 | clears the bar | $22,875 | 1.1 yrs | 32 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | $78,121 | +$41,145 | clears the bar | $23,823 | 0.6 yrs | 32 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $69,818 | +$32,842 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 31 |
| Statistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $57,048 1-year earnings | +$20,072 | clears the bar | $16,750 | 0.8 yrs | 31 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $62,047 | +$25,071 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 0.8 yrs | 30 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $82,030 | +$45,054 | clears the bar | $30,300 | 0.7 yrs | 29 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $77,174 | +$40,198 | clears the bar | $87,286 | 2.2 yrs | 29 |
| School Counseling | Master's Degree | $81,239 | +$44,263 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 28 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $79,135 | +$42,159 | clears the bar | $22,290 | 0.5 yrs | 25 |
| Theatre | Master's Degree | $41,394 | +$4,418 | clears the bar | $138,664 | 31.4 yrs | 20 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $71,762 | +$34,786 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $36,546 1-year earnings | -$430 | falls short | $20,500 | insufficient data | 13 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $65,144 | +$28,168 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $75,108 | +$38,132 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Doctoral Degree | $99,733 | +$62,757 | clears the bar | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 30 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 25 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 24 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 24 |
| Graphic Communications | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 23 |
| Computational Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 22 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 16 |
| Food Science and Technology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| Real Estate | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 15 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 14 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 13 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 12 |
| English | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 11 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 10 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Pharmacy | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 9 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 8 |
| Computational Science | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Pharmacy | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 7 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 6 |
| Special Education | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 5 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 4 |
| Communications and Media | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Music | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 3 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 2 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Computational Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 1 |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | 0 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Publishing | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computer Programming | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computer Programming | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | Doctoral Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Nutrition Sciences | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Holocaust and Related Studies | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Cognitive Science | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Criminology | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data | insufficient data |
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,976/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.