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Chapman majors and salaries
Chapman University · Orange, California · Private nonprofit · 7,478 undergraduates
Computer Science leads the pay table by a wide margin: $112,780 four years after graduation, against $102,147 for Accounting and Related Services. Business Administration, Management and Operations awards the most degrees here (869 over two years), and it also pays above most other programs: $84,378 four years out. The New School trail Chapman on median earnings ten years after enrollment, while Sacred Heart University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, American University, SMU and Pepperdine are ahead.
Highest-paying bachelor's programs
Every program with earnings data
| Program | Graduates (2 yrs) | Median debt | Pay after 1 yr | Pay after 4 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 134 | $20,500 | $73,662 | $112,780 |
| Accounting and Related Services | 75 | $21,500 | $80,012 | $102,147 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 106 | $20,500 | $64,822 | $84,978 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | 869 | $19,000 | $61,230 | $84,378 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 31 | – | $83,771 | – |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | 83 | $22,500 | $57,836 | $80,139 |
| Journalism | 64 | $19,500 | $40,408 | $79,135 |
| Design and Applied Arts | 61 | $16,000 | $52,532 | $78,121 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 176 | $19,500 | $53,571 | $76,412 |
| Communication and Media Studies | 185 | $18,750 | $47,137 | $73,461 |
| Public Health | 103 | $21,000 | $37,940 | $72,529 |
| Political Science and Government | 131 | $19,500 | $48,548 | $68,856 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | 377 | $19,500 | $40,622 | $66,494 |
| Education, General | 101 | $18,750 | $34,412 | $64,917 |
| Biology, General | 88 | $19,250 | – | $64,461 |
| Psychology, General | 333 | $19,000 | $43,612 | $63,617 |
| Sociology | 54 | $22,250 | $35,143 | $62,047 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 49 | $16,750 | $50,997 | $58,055 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | 195 | $21,875 | $26,203 | $51,611 |
| Dance | 68 | $21,759 | $28,158 | $50,612 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | 70 | $19,500 | $34,583 | $44,183 |
| Music | 51 | $23,500 | $27,373 | $41,698 |
| Graphic Communications | 75 | $19,500 | $26,232 | – |
Programs are grouped by four-digit CIP code, so one row can cover several related majors. "Graduates" counts bachelor's degrees awarded across the two years that make up each earnings cohort.
Outcomes
- Six-year graduation rate
- 83% (four-year colleges: 54% median)
- First-year students who return
- 92%
- Students per faculty member
- 12
- Median earnings 10 years after enrolling
- $80,694 (four-year colleges: $58,912 median)
- Median federal debt at graduation
- $19,500 (four-year colleges: $21,609 median)
Colleges similar to Chapman
The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Chapman in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.
| College | Acceptance rate | Avg net price | Earnings after 10 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT | 65% | $45,827 | $80,896 |
| The New School New York, NY | 63% | $48,163 | $64,471 |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, FL | 65% | $40,539 | $92,069 |
| American University Washington, DC | 62% | $41,302 | $85,458 |
| SMU Dallas, TX | 63% | $39,816 | $90,037 |
| Pepperdine Malibu, CA | 63% | $48,065 | $89,410 |
Program earnings and debt come from the College Scorecard field-of-study file: median pay of graduates who were working and not enrolled, one and four years after finishing, for two pooled graduating classes. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education and do not appear. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Chapman on College Scorecard