Admissions & selectivity
Chapman University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Chapman University?
Chapman University’s reported acceptance rate is 65.4%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 65.4%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
With an admission rate of 65.4%, Chapman University admits applicants at a rate below the median of 71.2% for comparable institutions (same type and size). This figure describes admissions outcomes for the reported entering class, rather than a prediction for an individual applicant.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Chapman University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Chapman University reported score ranges based on a limited share of enrolled first-year students. Applicants should treat the SAT range of 1280 to 1410 as a description of enrolled submitters, not a minimum; 14% submitted SAT scores.
The ACT range for enrolled submitters was 28 to 31, and 5% submitted ACT scores. Among first-year students who reported a class rank, 39% were in the upper tenth and 71% were in the upper quarter; 19% of the entering class reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Chapman University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
14% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1280
- Median
- 1355
- 75th percentile
- 1410
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
5% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 28
- Median
- 30
- 75th percentile
- 31
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Chapman University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Chapman University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19.4%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 15.4%
- First-year retention
- 91.8%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
Chapman University has a campus composition that includes 19.4% of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 15.4% share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group. Its undergraduate enrollment is 7,478, so the school serves both students entering directly and those arriving from prior college study.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 1,474 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 896 admitted, and 293 enrolled. Pell-eligible applicants and transfer applicants should compare the school’s aid details and transfer-credit policies with their own plans before applying.
The federal composition figures and the reported transfer counts both point to multiple entry paths into the university.
For first-time full-time students, Chapman University’s reported retention and completion figures both exceed the middle value for comparable institutions. 91.8% return for a second year, compared with 83.4% at comparable institutions of the same type and size.
The six-year graduation rate is 81.9%, above the comparable-institution median of 68.8%. Pell recipients in this cohort have a 73.9% six-year completion rate, below the overall rate by 8.0 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect published cohort-level persistence and completion rates above the comparable-institution middle values, alongside a lower completion rate for Pell recipients.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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