Chapman University Student Population

How many students at Chapman?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Chapman University has a total enrollment of 9,760 students, including 7,713 undergraduate and 2,047 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,770 male students (38.6%) and 5,990 female students (61.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 4,171 White students (42.7%) and 1,902 Hispanic students (19.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,713 undergraduate students (79%) and 2,047 graduate students (21%).
• Class Delivery: 1 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 71 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity) - which average 10,607 - Chapman's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 3,770 male (38.63%) and 5,990 female (61.37%) students are attending Chapman University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 62.94.

By class level, 7,713 (79.03%) are undergraduate students and 2,047 (20.97%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 38.93% are male and 61.07% are female, while among graduate students, 37.47% are male and 62.53% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,171 White, 229 Black, and 1,713 Asian students out of a total of 9,760 are attending at Chapman University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Chapman University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 73.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Chapman has 320 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 8,499 students under 25 years old, and 1,259 students over 25 years old out of 9,760 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 319 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Chapman has 7,546 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 165 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Chapman, 1 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. It has 953 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,094 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Chapman University, 1 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 71 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,713 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 293 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.80%.291 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.