Chapman University Reviews

4.3

65% would recommend to a friend

(605 total reviews)
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Daniele Struppa

79% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Chapman University has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 605 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Chapman University employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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605 reviews
5.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great job, great management, loved it. Great environment for a college student. I miss it!

Cons

Not many cons working here

1.0
9 Jun 2026

Mixed feelings about internal promotions amid serious HR issues

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They try to retain staff for many years and progressively promote from within. Their staff in the academics do care about student success and strive to help them graduate, however:

Cons

HR is a total dumpster. Useless. Unkind, Unprofessional and actively are trying to save a few dollars. All emails with HR has been unpleasant. I've stopped being any bit of courteous. Recently moving to in office 5 days without enough office spaces to force people to leave or quit. They want to save as money as possible. By hiring within they don't hire outside of personal friendships such as the entire executive cabinet. This allows for echo chamber and not fresh perspectives. One of the whitest campuses both in students and staff. Students are subpar. Very mentally unwell, complain about going to class and being docked attendance points for having colds or just skipping. I feel so bad for the professors that put up with the poor behavior. Some are overly privileged from wealth yet complain about the price of tuition. It's a private school and you chose it or it was the only school they got into (not UCLA or USC). You're not welcomed if you are not white, cisgender, or straight. People do not understand transgender and they don't care to be allies. Being canceled or politically empathetic is not a thing here for staff or students. Faculty are pretty interesting. Combination of scholarship and working in the field professionals. They are protected as faculty which can't say the same for staff. Staff should unionize just to make the administration nervous. Openly white supremacist driven.

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