
Chapman University's wait list acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 27.5%, with 523 out of 1,900 wait listed applicants gaining admission. This marks a significant increase compared to the previous application year 2023, where the acceptance rate plummeted to just 7.3% with only 208 admissions from 2,847 applicants. Notably, there were no admissions from the wait list in 2022, highlighting substantial fluctuations in the wait list dynamics over recent years. In contrast, the acceptance rates for 2021 and 2020 were 23.1% and 25.4%, respectively, indicating that the current acceptance rate is notably higher than these earlier figures.