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All Undergraduate rates listed below are per semester, unless otherwise indicated.

Tuition

Full-time Rate (12-18 units): $29,125
Part-time Rate (1- 11.5 units): $1,810 per unit
Overload Charge (over 18 units): $1,810 per unit
Interterm Tuition**: $1,810 per unit

**If an Undergraduate Student is enrolled full-time in both the Fall and Spring semesters of the same academic year, the student may qualify for an Interterm Tuition Waiver for up to 4 units. The Interterm Tuition Waiver cannot be applied until the student is enrolled in a minimum of 12 units for the Spring semester of the same academic year. Graduating Seniors who will not be enrolled full-time during the Spring semester of their graduating year can contact their Student Account Advisor to determine if they qualify for a Graduating Senior Interterm Tuition Waiver Exception.

Additional Fees

Parking Fee

Parking permit required: Register your vehicle.

Full-time (12+ credits): $0.00
Part-time: $0.00

Health Center (Mandatory Fee - Not related to Health Insurance)

Health Center Fee: $122

Associated Student Fee (Mandatory Fee)

12 or more units: $70
6 - 11.5 units: $30
0.5 - 5.5 units: $25

Student Health Insurance

Student health insurance can be purchased each academic year, upon request.

All international students are automatically billed for Student Health Insurance. The health insurance coverage is billed on a per-term basis, after class enrollment has been verified. The health insurance coverage will be billed to the student account for each term. If the student has coverage through an individual or family plan, the student can waive the cost by completing the proof of insurance form available in their Student Center. The student must do so by the deadline date or be responsible for the health insurance cost.

Student Health Insurance - $2,040 annual ($1,020 per semester)

Other Fees and Charges

Transcript Fee: $10
ID Card Replacement Fee: $10
Enrollment Application Fee: $70 and up
Petition Filing Fee: $20
Audit: $100 per unit
Lab Fees: See class schedule
Music Fees: See class schedule

Residence Life and First Year Experience

First year students have a two-year housing requirement. The requirement consists of students who enter Chapman University within one year of their high school graduation. Students residing in residence halls are required to have a board meal plan, which is included in the total cost below.

*Due to COVID-19 some requirements may change. Please refer to Residence Life and First Year Experience's Housing Rates webpage for updates.

Housing rates listed are per semester.

First Year Student Housing: Residence Halls

$8,273 per semester*
- Glass, Henley, Pralle-Sodaro, & Sandhu: Triples
- North & South Morlan: Doubles
$9,499 per semester*
- Sandhu: Suite shared bedroom
$10,504 per semester*
- Sandhu: Design Singles

*This cost includes the required board meal plan. Students select their board meal plan within their housing application.

Board Meal Plan Options

$2,728 per semester: 10 Weekly Meals with 400 Panther Bucks
$2,728 per semester: 12 Weekly Meals with 350 Panther Bucks
$2,728 per semester: 14 Weekly Meals with 300 Panther Bucks
$2,728 per semester: 19 Weekly Meals with 250 Panther Bucks

Students can change their board meal plan selection, by sending an email via their Chapman email to Residence Life or Student Business Services, through the end of the third week of each semester. Board meal plans and Panther Bucks expire every Fall and Spring semester.

Continuing Student Housing: On-Campus Apartments

Continuing students, any student not a first year student, may apply to live in Chapman apartments (board plan is not required). Some of these apartments, such as Chapman Grand and Panther Village, are not connected to the Orange Campus. However, they are still considered on-campus housing. Visit the Off-Campus Housing webpage for information about finding housing in the local community.

The apartment rates listed below are per semester and do not include the cost of a board meal plan.

$5,545 per semester
- Davis & Harris: 1 bedroom
- Panther Village: Studio
- Panther Village: Loft
- The K: Studio
$6,769 per semester
- Chapman Grand
- Glass
- The K
- Davis: 2 bedroom
$7,774 per semester
- Chapman Grand: private unit

Summer 2021 Rates

$2,132 per semester
- Davis & Harris: Shared bedroom
$2,665 per semester
- Davis: Single bedroom (in 2-bd apartment)
- The K: Shared bedroom
$3,198 per semester
- Chapman Grand: Private bedroom

Summer 2022 Rates

$2,132 per semester
- Davis & Harris: Shared bedroom
$2,665 per semester
- Davis: Single bedroom (in 2-bd apartment)
- The K: Shared bedroom
$3,198 per semester
- Chapman Grand: Private bedroom

For additional information regarding housing, please contact Residence Life.

Off Campus Housing Dining Plans

Students residing in a Chapman Apartment may choose to purchase a board meal plan or a commuter meal plan online.

Board Meal Plan Options

$2,728 per semester: 10 Weekly Meals with 400 Panther Bucks
$2,728 per semester: 12 Weekly Meals with 350 Panther Bucks
$2,728 per semester: 14 Weekly Meals with 300 Panther Bucks
$2,728 per semester: 19 Weekly Meals with 250 Panther Bucks

Students can change their board meal plan selection, by sending email via their Chapman email to Residence Life or Student Business Services through the end of the third week of each semester. Board meal plans and Panther Bucks expire every Fall and Spring semester.

Please contact the Student Business Services for further information on the board meal plans.

Commuter Meal Plan Options

Titanium Plan: $1,130 Panther Bucks - $1,110
Platinum Plan A: $565 Panther Bucks - $560
Platinum Plan B: $410 Panther Bucks - $404
Platinum Plan C: $140 Panther Bucks - $135
Gold Plan: 80 Meals & $140 Panther Bucks - $880
Silver Plan: 50 Meals & $110 Panther Bucks - $585
Bronze Plan: 30 meals & $110 Panther Bucks - $399

Commuter meal plans expire the last day of the Spring semester.

For more information on commuter meal plans, visit the Dining Services website.

JD Tuition

Full-time (12-16 units): $57,770 per annum
Part-time (8-11.5 units): $46,080 per annum
Part-time (0.5-7.5 units): $1,920 per unit
Overload Charge (over 16 units): $1,920 per unit

Joint Degree Tuition

Full-time JD/MBA (12-16 units): $57,770 per annum
Full-time JD/MFA (12-16 units): $54,408 per annum

LL.M. Tuition

Fall 2021: $1,920 per unit
Spring 2022: $1,920 per unit
Summer 2022: $1,920 per units

Audit Rate for Non-Chapman University - Students & Alumni

JD Students: $1,920 per unit
LL.M. Students: $1,920 per unit

Audit rates are based on the student's program, regardless of the type of course taken.

Health Insurance & Health Center

Student health insurance can be purchased each academic year, upon request.

Student Health Insurance - $2,040 annual ($1,020 per semester)
Health Center Fee (Optional): $122

Parking Fee

Parking permit required: Register your vehicle.

Full-time (12+ credits): $0.00
Part-time: $0.00

Other Fees and Charges

Examination Fee: $35
*Graduation Fee (one-time fee): $335
Student Bar Association Fee: $68
MBA AS Fee: $40
MFA Lab Fee: $375 per semester

*Graduation Fee charged 2nd year of law school and 3^rd year for joint JD/MBA + JD/ MFA students. Additional fees relating to graduation may apply.

Argyros School of Business & Economics

Full-time & Professional MBA
- Per unit: $1,845
MBA / MS Food Science
- Per unit: $1,590
MS in Behavioral & Computational Economics
- Per unit: $1,845
MS Accounting
- Per unit: $1,565
MS Real Estate
- Per unit: $1,565
Executive MBA
- Per unit: $2,515
MBA / MFA Film & Television Producing
- Per semester: $29,260

Attallah College of Educational Studies

MA Leadership Development
- Per unit: $1,065
MA Special Education
- Per unit: $1,065
MA Counseling
- Per unit: $1,065
Ed.S. School Psychology
- Per unit: $1,065
Ph.D in Education
- Per unit: $1,555
MA Teaching - Secondary Ed & SS Credential
- Per unit: $1,065
MA Curriculum & Instruction
- Per unit: $1,065
All Credential Programs
- Per unit: $1,065

Crean College of Health & Behavioral Sciences

MA Marriage & Family Therapy
- Per unit: $1,275

Dodge College of Film & Media Arts

MA Film Studies
- Per unit: $1,480
MFA in Documentary Filmmaking
- Per semester tuition: $24,168
- Per semester lab fee: $375
MFA Film & Television Producing
- Per semester tuition: $24,168
- Per semester lab fee: $375
MFA Film Production
- Per semester tuition: $22,784
- Per semester lab fee (1st & 2nd Year Only): $885
MFA Production Design
- Per semester tuition: $24,168
- Per semester lab fee: $375
MFA Screenwriting
- Per semester tuition: $24,168
- Per semester lab fee: $375
MFA TV Writing & Producing
- Per semester tuition: $24,168
- Per semester lab fee: $375
MBA/ MFA Film & Television Producing
- Per semester tuition: $29,260
- Per semester lab fee (2nd & 3rd Year Only): $375
JD/MFA Film & Television Producing
- Per semester tuition: $27,204
- Per semester lab fee (MFA Only): $375

Schmid College of Science & Technology

MS Food Science
- Per unit: $1,130
MBA/MS Food Science
- Per unit: $1,590
MS Computational & Data Sciences
- Per unit: $1,745
Ph.D. Computational & Data Sciences
- Per unit: $1,745

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

MA English
- Per unit: $1,070
MFA Creative Writing
- Per unit: $1,070
MA International Studies
- Per unit: $1,370
MA War & Society
- Per unit: $1,070

School of Communication

MS Health & Strategic Communication
- Per unit: $1,220
PhD Communication
- Per unit: $1,220

College of Performing Arts

MM Keyboard Collaborative Arts
- Per unit: $1,010

Parking Fee

Parking permit required: Register your vehicle.

Full-time (12+ credits): $0.00
Part-time: $0.00

Health Insurance and Health Center

Student health insurance can be purchased each academic year, upon request.

Student Health Insurance - $2,040 annual ($1,020 per semester)
Health Center Fee (Optional): $122

Other Fees & Charge

Application Fee - Graduate - $70 and up
MBA Associated Student Fee (all MBA programs) - $40
ID Card Replacement Fee - $10
Transcripts Fee - $10
Petition Filing Fee - $20
Audit- Non JD Programs - $100 per unit
Lab Fee - See class schedule
Music Fee - See class schedule

Student Housing

Graduate students interested in housing should visit Off-Campus Housing: Chapman Panther Village.

Rates listed below are per trimester, unless otherwise indicated.

Tuition

Doctor of Pharmacy: $28,020
Doctor of Physical Therapy: $16,772
MS Regulatory Affairs: $2,210 per unit
MS Communication Sciences and Disorders: $12,140
MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: $2,210 per unit
PhD Pharmaceutical Sciences:$2,210 per unit

Physician Assistant

Fall 2021: $20,045
*Spring 2022: $20,646
*Summer 2022: $20,646

*Rate change in Spring trimester for Physician Assistant only

Parking Fee

Parking permit required: Register your vehicle.

Full-time (12+ credits): $0.00
Part-time: $0.00

Health Insurance

Student health insurance can be purchased each academic year, upon request.

Some Health Sciences programs (Doctor of Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, & Physician Asst. Studies) are required to have health insurance. Therefore, Chapman University bills health insurance as a part of the registration. If the student has their own health insurance coverage, they can waive the cost by completing the Health Insurance Waiver via their Student Center "Student Forms". The student must do so by the deadline date or be responsible for the health insurance cost. The student must do so by the deadline or be responsible for the health insurance cost.

All international students are automatically billed for Student Health Insurance. The health insurance coverage is billed on a per-term basis, after class enrollment has been verified. The health insurance coverage will be billed to the student account for each term. If the student has their own health insurance coverage, they can waive the cost by completing the Health Insurance Waiver via their Student Center "Student Forms". The student must do so by the deadline or be responsible for the health insurance cost.