Bachelor's · Orange, California
Is English Language and Literature, General at Chapman University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $54,777
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,358
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $16,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $198k (likely $198k – $219k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 11.4 years (likely 7.8–18.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$199k (likely −$315k – −$71k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $77k (likely −$141k – $346k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 83%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Chapman University
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$153,718
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$121,592
- Law (First professional)$119,002
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$112,780
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$107,808
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$102,147
- Statistics (Undergraduate certificate)$98,740
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$94,016
- Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral)$91,496
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$86,167
- Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)$84,978
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$84,482
English Language and Literature, General at other schools in California
- Stanford University$82,036
- University of San Diego$68,752
- Northeastern University Oakland$67,877
- Loyola Marymount University$66,806
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$63,413
- University of California-Berkeley$60,187
- Sonoma State University$59,418
- University of Southern California$59,345
- University of California-Santa Barbara$59,334
- National University$59,192