Chapman University
Orange, California · Private, nonprofit
Graduate earnings
23of 24 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical California high-school graduate (about $36,976 a year). 1 falls short.
24 of 58 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 34: 28 with no earnings published and 6 with nothing reported. 2 verdicts use 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 49 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$46,555 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$46,555 a year
About $186,220 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| 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 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical California high-school graduate ($36,976 a year).
40 of 107 programs could be assessed 37% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $84,378 | +$47,402 | clears the bar | $19,625 | 0.4 yrs | 444 |
| Film and Photography | Bachelor's Degree | $66,494 | +$29,518 | clears the bar | $18,500 | 0.6 yrs | 180 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $63,617 | +$26,641 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.8 yrs | 171 |
| Law | First Professional Degree | $119,002 | +$82,026 | above HS line | $170,800 | 2.1 yrs | 143 |
| Theatre | Bachelor's Degree | $51,611 | +$14,635 | clears the bar | $22,500 | 1.5 yrs | 105 |
| Film and Photography | Master's Degree | $50,895 | +$13,919 | above HS line | $144,710 | 10.4 yrs | 105 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $72,529 | +$35,553 | clears the bar | $23,125 | 0.7 yrs | 103 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $73,461 | +$36,485 | clears the bar | $18,777 | 0.5 yrs | 98 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | Bachelor's Degree | $76,412 | +$39,436 | clears the bar | $17,875 | 0.5 yrs | 98 |
| Pharmacy | First Professional Degree | $153,718 | +$116,742 | above HS line | $248,569 | 2.1 yrs | 80 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | First Professional Degree | $94,016 | +$57,040 | above HS line | $159,899 | 2.8 yrs | 80 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | $68,856 | +$31,880 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.6 yrs | 76 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $84,978 | +$48,002 | clears the bar | $22,977 | 0.5 yrs | 58 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $112,780 | +$75,804 | clears the bar | $21,809 | 0.3 yrs | 57 |
| Education | Bachelor's Degree | $64,917 | +$27,941 | clears the bar | $21,500 | 0.8 yrs | 56 |
| Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment | Master's Degree | $84,482 | +$47,506 | above HS line | $119,750 | 2.5 yrs | 53 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Bachelor's Degree | $80,139 | +$43,163 | clears the bar | $22,250 | 0.5 yrs | 50 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $102,147 | +$65,171 | clears the bar | $20,875 | 0.3 yrs | 48 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $64,461 | +$27,485 | clears the bar | $20,500 | 0.7 yrs | 47 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $86,167 | +$49,191 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 43 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $44,183 | +$7,207 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | 37 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Master's Degree | $107,808 | +$70,832 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 36 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $79,135 | +$42,159 | clears the bar | $22,290 | 0.5 yrs | 34 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $62,047 | +$25,071 | clears the bar | $20,000 | 0.8 yrs | 34 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | $50,612 | +$13,636 | clears the bar | $23,624 | 1.7 yrs | 33 |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Master's Degree | $77,174 | +$40,198 | above HS line | $87,286 | 2.2 yrs | 29 |
| Theatre | Master's Degree | $41,394 | +$4,418 | above HS line | $138,664 | 31.4 yrs | 27 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Master's Degree | $65,144 | +$28,168 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Design | Bachelor's Degree | $78,121 | +$41,145 | clears the bar | $23,823 | 0.6 yrs | 26 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | $41,698 | +$4,722 | clears the bar | $27,000 | 5.7 yrs | 21 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $81,239 | +$44,263 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $69,818 | +$32,842 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | $58,055 | +$21,079 | clears the bar | $22,875 | 1.1 yrs | 19 |
| Statistics | Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma | $57,0481-year earnings | +$20,072 | clears the bar (1-yr) | $16,750 | 0.8 yrs | 17 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $121,592 | +$84,616 | above HS line | $79,168 | 0.9 yrs | 17 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | $82,030 | +$45,054 | above HS line | $30,300 | 0.7 yrs | 16 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $36,5461-year earnings | -$430 | falls short (1-yr) | $20,500 | no earnings gain | 8 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | $71,762 | +$34,786 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Bachelor's Degree | $75,108 | +$38,132 | clears the bar | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Doctoral Degree | $99,733 | +$62,757 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | not published |
| Management Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 74 |
| Graphic Communications | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 45 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 23 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 20 |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 18 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 17 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 16 |
| Public Relations and Advertising | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 15 |
| Computational Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Computational Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Real Estate | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 14 |
| Food Science and Technology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 11 |
| Pharmacy | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Pharmacy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Computational Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Fine Arts | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 7 |
| Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Communications and Media | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Special Education | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| International/Globalization Studies | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Cognitive Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Non-Professional Legal Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Economics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Music | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Publishing | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer Programming | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer Programming | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Doctoral Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Special Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification) | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Nutrition Sciences | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Holocaust and Related Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Criminology | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Mental Health and Counseling Services | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $36,976 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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