Top 2020 Rankings For Chapman University
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All 2020 Rankings For Chapman University
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Top Quality Overall
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| Nationwide | 207 of 1726 |
| Far Western US | 30 of 171 |
| California | 23 of 112 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
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Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
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Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
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Diversity
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| Overall | 248 of 2179 |
| Ethnic | 579 of 2417 |
| Male / Female | |
| Location | 266 of 2182 |
Best Religiously Affiliated
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| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | 2 of 13 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 264 of 824 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 498 of 1422 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 190 of 890 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 146 of 574 |
| Most Focused | 250 of 574 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 100 of 357 |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked | 268 of 820 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 555 of 1379 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 162 of 846 |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked | 96 of 848 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 199 of 1930 |
| Most Focused | 276 of 1931 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 314 of 901 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked | 133 of 621 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 318 of 1282 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 121 of 647 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked | 74 of 744 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 91 of 1667 |
| Most Focused | 309 of 1667 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 214 of 724 |
Business/Corporate Communications
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| Most Popular | 2 of 48 |
| Most Focused | 5 of 48 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked | 32 of 112 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 30 of 209 |
| Most Focused | 23 of 209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 21 of 150 |
Human Resource Management
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 24 of 165 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 39 of 600 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 142 of 1210 |
| Most Focused | 82 of 1209 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 110 of 713 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked | 94 of 523 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 185 of 1022 |
| Most Focused | 266 of 1022 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 111 of 600 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked | 35 of 183 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 106 of 342 |
| Most Focused | 84 of 342 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 227 |
Public Relations & Advertising
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| Most Popular | 77 of 334 |
| Most Focused | 84 of 334 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 20 of 173 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 592 of 1512 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 202 of 824 |
Computer Information Systems
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 135 of 451 |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 248 of 605 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 72 of 360 |
Education
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| Most Popular | 462 of 1363 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 64 of 706 |
General Education
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| Most Popular | 21 of 225 |
| Most Focused | 74 of 225 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
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| Most Popular | |
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| Highest Paid Grads | 56 of 506 |
Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
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Computer Engineering
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked | 84 of 601 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 199 of 1351 |
| Most Focused | 326 of 1351 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 248 of 871 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked | 191 of 621 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 353 of 1267 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 261 of 799 |
Writing Studies
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| Most Popular | 59 of 365 |
| Most Focused | 121 of 365 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 199 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 324 of 941 |
| Most Focused | 418 of 941 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 181 of 653 |
East Asian Languages
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| Most Popular | |
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Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked | 172 of 352 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 213 of 809 |
| Most Focused | 292 of 809 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 122 of 571 |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked | 247 of 591 |
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Public Health
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| Top Ranked | 37 of 101 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 94 of 294 |
| Most Focused | 117 of 294 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 19 of 108 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
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| Most Popular | |
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History
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| Top Ranked | 202 of 547 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 377 of 1247 |
| Most Focused |
History
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| Top Ranked | 205 of 579 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 377 of 1247 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 156 of 822 |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 391 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 50 of 805 |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 347 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 151 of 771 |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
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| Most Popular | 482 of 1030 |
| Most Focused |
Nutrition Science
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 13 of 36 |
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution
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| Most Popular | 9 of 54 |
| Most Focused | 21 of 54 |
Natural Resources & Conservation
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| Most Popular | 357 of 750 |
| Most Focused |
Natural Resource Management
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| Most Popular | 35 of 73 |
| Most Focused | 33 of 73 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
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| Most Popular | 268 of 891 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 25 of 418 |
Health & Physical Education
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| Most Popular | 235 of 829 |
| Most Focused |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 215 of 939 |
| Most Focused | 387 of 939 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 135 of 605 |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked | 113 of 229 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 174 of 731 |
| Most Focused | 257 of 731 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 130 of 525 |
Religious Studies
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 96 of 332 |
Physical Sciences
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 217 of 786 |
Chemistry
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 152 of 753 |
Physics
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 191 of 835 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 366 of 1476 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 63 of 897 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked | 170 of 840 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 333 of 1381 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 57 of 833 |
Public Administration & Social Service
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| Most Popular | |
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Social Work
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 39 of 367 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked | 320 of 670 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 405 of 1316 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 208 of 873 |
Anthropology
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| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked | 185 of 590 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 182 of 1081 |
| Most Focused | 219 of 1081 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 142 of 757 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked | 174 of 533 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 288 of 962 |
| Most Focused | 463 of 962 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 29 of 687 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked | 31 of 640 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 44 of 1481 |
| Most Focused | 117 of 1483 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 103 of 848 |
Dance
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| Most Popular | 20 of 227 |
| Most Focused | 30 of 227 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked | 94 of 216 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 197 of 617 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 44 of 266 |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked | 7 of 314 |
| Best Value | 138 of 308 |
| Most Popular | 26 of 807 |
| Most Focused | 44 of 807 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 117 of 535 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked | 18 of 136 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 11 of 345 |
| Most Focused | 38 of 345 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 43 of 177 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked | 166 of 512 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 494 of 1075 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads | 149 of 693 |
Music
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| Top Ranked | 75 of 371 |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 174 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | 312 of 1036 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 131 of 658 |
Veterans
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| Overall | 274 of 1751 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 341 of 825 |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Business, Management & Marketing
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 186 of 852 |
Accounting
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 248 of 624 |
Business Administration & Management
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 171 of 748 |
Business/Managerial Economics
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 53 of 112 |
Communication & Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 60 of 599 |
Communication & Media Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 132 of 521 |
Journalism
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 56 of 183 |
Computer & Information Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Science
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 104 of 601 |
General English Literature
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 259 of 621 |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Romance Languages
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Public Health
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics & Statistics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Philosophy
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 293 of 834 |
General Psychology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 260 of 839 |
Social Sciences
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 210 of 589 |
Sociology
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 251 of 533 |
Visual & Performing Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 45 of 640 |
Design & Applied Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans |
Drama & Theater Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 12 of 314 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 18 of 136 |
Fine & Studio Arts
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 231 of 513 |
Music
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| Top Ranked Veterans | 134 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
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| Overall |
International Quality
International Value
