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Chapman acceptance rate

Chapman University · Orange, California · Private nonprofit · 7,478 undergraduates

65.4%
accepted, fall 2024
15,634
applications
10,230
offers of admission
1,631
enrolled (16% of those admitted)

Chapman expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 18 points between 2014 and 2024, to 65%. Most four-year colleges are easier to get into: 1,108 of the 1,579 that report a rate admit a larger share. American University (62%) and Sacred Heart University (65%) bracket the six schools closest to Chapman in size and selectivity, and all of them admit a smaller share.

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 70%2002 60%2003 62%2004 58%2005 58%2006 53%2007 49%2008 50%2009 56%2010 50%2011 45%2012 44%2013 45%2014 47%2015 48%2016 54%2017 57%2018 54%2019 56%2020 58%2021 60%2022 73%2023 56%2024 65%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202415,63410,23065.4%1,631
202315,9148,84955.6%1,806
202213,6909,92872.5%2,076
202115,0989,11560.4%1,658
202014,2528,30358.3%1,586
201914,2737,94355.7%1,768
201814,1987,60553.6%1,660
201713,1707,53957.2%1,696
201612,8216,92754.0%1,492
201513,6706,50447.6%1,426
201412,5075,88347.0%1,422
201311,7505,25344.7%1,289
201210,4894,57243.6%1,278
20119,6164,31344.9%1,273
20108,0563,99649.6%1,174
20096,1593,46856.3%1,032
20085,3562,68150.1%965
20074,8592,39949.4%937
20064,2662,25052.7%957
20053,4632,00758.0%830
20043,4612,00758.0%831
20033,0681,90262.0%823
20022,7281,62459.5%708
20012,4161,69070.0%756

Applications and offers

05k10k15k20k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 2k Admitted: 2k2002 Applied: 3k Admitted: 2k2003 Applied: 3k Admitted: 2k2004 Applied: 3k Admitted: 2k2005 Applied: 3k Admitted: 2k2006 Applied: 4k Admitted: 2k2007 Applied: 5k Admitted: 2k2008 Applied: 5k Admitted: 3k2009 Applied: 6k Admitted: 3k2010 Applied: 8k Admitted: 4k2011 Applied: 10k Admitted: 4k2012 Applied: 10k Admitted: 5k2013 Applied: 12k Admitted: 5k2014 Applied: 13k Admitted: 6k2015 Applied: 14k Admitted: 7k2016 Applied: 13k Admitted: 7k2017 Applied: 13k Admitted: 8k2018 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2019 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2020 Applied: 14k Admitted: 8k2021 Applied: 15k Admitted: 9k2022 Applied: 14k Admitted: 10k2023 Applied: 16k Admitted: 9k2024 Applied: 16k Admitted: 10k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women9,9736,61266.3%
Men5,6523,61063.9%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
630 to 720 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
630 to 720
ACT composite
28 to 31

Colleges similar to Chapman

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Chapman in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT		65%7,087$45,827$80,896
The New School
New York, NY		63%6,563$48,163$64,471
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL		65%7,860$40,539$92,069
American University
Washington, DC		62%7,266$41,302$85,458
SMU
Dallas, TX		63%7,277$39,816$90,037
Pepperdine
Malibu, CA		63%3,553$48,065$89,410

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Chapman to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Chapman on College Scorecard