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Chapman tuition and net price

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

$67,894
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$85,323
full cost of attendance a year
$46,708
average net price after aid

Tuition and fees for 2025-26 come to $67,894, well above the $35,915 median for private four-year colleges. Families under $30,000 still paid $34,494 on average, 62% of what families above $110,000 paid ($55,261). Chapman charges $22,501 more in tuition than it did in 2014-15 ($45,393 then, $67,894 now).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $34,494Income under $30,000$34,494Income $30,001 to $48,000: $30,442Income $30,001 to $48,000$30,442Income $48,001 to $75,000: $31,307Income $48,001 to $75,000$31,307Income $75,001 to $110,000: $41,191Income $75,001 to $110,000$41,191Income over $110,000: $55,261Income over $110,000$55,261
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Chapman's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k$80k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $45k2015-16 $47k2016-17 $49k2017-18 $51k2018-19 $53k2019-20 $55k2020-21 $57k2021-22 $59k2022-23 $61k2023-24 $63k2024-25 no data2025-26 $68k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$67,894
2023-24$62,784
2022-23$60,672
2021-22$58,634
2020-21$57,214
2019-20$54,924
2018-19$52,724
2017-18$50,594
2016-17$48,710
2015-16$47,260
2014-15$45,393

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$67,894
Room and board on campus
$18,438
Books and supplies
$1,600
Full cost of attendance
$85,323 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
24%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
62%
Median federal debt at graduation
$19,500

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

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Chapman on College Scorecard