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Film & media production at Chapman

Chapman graduates about 196 film majors a year, 9% of its graduating class. That puts it 10th of 285 schools we score for film, a standout program at 91 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $66,000 four years out, 1.50× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $1 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

91/100Standout#10 of 285 for film →
Graduates a year1969% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$66,0001.50× the same major nationally
Research in the field$1Ma year, NSF
Admit rate72%whole school
SAT middle 50%1200–1400whole school

Around Chapman

Orange Intermediate School-Central Grammar School
370 North Glassell, Orange, Ca.Photo: Marty Rice · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
A side view of the historic Orange Theatre in the district in California.
Orange Theatre sidePhoto: Sewageboy · CC0 · source
"NAMM Week: Songwriter Series" Songwriters Round at The Ugly Mug Cafe in Orange
Songwriters Round 1 22 2014 -12 (12168881945)Photo: Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
California, USA - April 2016 Los Angeles
Orange County (26439232201)Photo: Sergei Gussev · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where film happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Waltmar Theater, Digital Media Arts Center, Marion Knott Studios.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 16 · Dorm 4 · Athletics 2 · Arts 2 · Chapel 1 · Library 1.

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Nearby in the film ranking

  1. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 93
  2. Emory University 92
  3. Vanderbilt University 92
  4. Dartmouth College 91
  5. Southern Methodist University 90
  6. University of California, Irvine 90
  7. Tufts University 89
  8. Arizona State University 89

Other strong majors at Chapman

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Chapman with every school we score in film. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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