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Overall
B+
Matriculation C
Academics A-
Extracurriculars A-
Community A
Reviews B
"Chaminade College Preparatory collaborates with the families it serves to provide a challenging Catholic, coeducational education in the Marianist tradition. This tradition, grounded in the values of Jesus, educates the whole person while emphasizing family spirit in a nurturing, caring environment, attentive to the moral, spiritual and religious development of students. Chaminade prepares college-bound students throughout their middle and high school years in a rigorous program of academic excellence. Students from a diversity of cultural, religious and economic backgrounds come together for an active and varied curricular and extracurricular program. The mission of Chaminade College Preparatory is to form morally aware and academically capable people to be outstanding contributors to the future."
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$24350
Enrollment
1215
International Students
2.2%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
77%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:13
AP
27
Average SAT Score
1194
Average ACT Score
26
Class Size
27

Matriculation

(2021)
Ranking University/College Students
#6 Stanford University 1
#14 Brown University 1
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 14
LAC #4 Pomona College 1
#22 University of California: Berkeley 14
#23 Georgetown University 2
#23 University of Michigan 2
#27 University of Southern California 27
#28 New York University 3
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 23
#28 University of Florida 3
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1
#34 University of California: San Diego 34
#36 Boston College 1
#36 University of California: Irvine 19
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1
#38 University of California: Davis 30
#40 College of William and Mary 1
#42 Boston University 17
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1
LAC #9 Carleton College 1
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2
#48 University of Georgia 3
#49 Lehigh University 1
#49 Northeastern University 9
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 10
#49 Pepperdine University 19
#49 Purdue University 5
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2
#55 Santa Clara University 5
#55 University of Miami 11
#57 Penn State University Park 25
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 2
#63 George Washington University 7
#63 University of Connecticut 2
#68 Fordham University 6
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 12
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 4
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 3
#72 Reed College 2
#75 Baylor University 10
#75 Clemson University 8
#75 Loyola Marymount University 31
#79 American University 3
#79 Gonzaga University 7
#83 Colorado School of Mines 2
#83 Elon University 2
#83 Howard University 3
#83 Marquette University 1
#83 Michigan State University 8
SUNY University at Binghamton 1
#83 University of California: Riverside 24
#83 University of Iowa 1
#93 University of Delaware 2
#93 University of Denver 6
#93 University of San Diego 15
#94 Augustana College 2
#94 Lewis & Clark College 3
Auburn University 2
#99 University of Oregon 48
#103 Clark University 2
#103 Drexel University 5
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 20
#103 University of Illinois at Chicago 2
#103 University of San Francisco 32
#104 University of California: Merced 6
#107 Luther College 1
#107 Whittier College 2
Arizona State University 50
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1
#118 Iowa State University 2
#122 Chapman University 17
#122 University of Kansas 1
#122 University of Missouri: Columbia 1
#124 Morehouse College 1
#124 Westmont College 3
#127 DePaul University 13
#127 Thomas Jefferson University: East Falls 1
#127 University of Dayton 1
#127 University of Oklahoma 4
#136 Albion College 1
#136 University of La Verne 1
#136 University of Nebraska - Lincoln 3
#136 University of New Hampshire 1
#136 University of the Pacific 5
#137 California State University: Long Beach 8
#137 George Mason University 2
#137 University of Central Florida 1
#148 San Diego State University 35
#151 Colorado State University 6
#151 James Madison University 1
#151 Marymount Manhattan College 1
#151 University of Mississippi 6
#162 Oregon State University 17
#166 California State University: Fullerton 3
#166 Hofstra University 6
#166 University of Hawaii at Manoa 8
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#182 Ohio University 3
#182 University of Houston 3
#182 University of Louisville 1
#194 Biola University 1
LAC #42 Occidental College 3
#212 Ball State University 1
#212 University of New Mexico 2
#219 Hampton University 3
#219 Nova Southeastern University 1
#219 University of Maine 1
#234 Georgia State University 1
#234 Pace University 3
#234 San Francisco State University 23
#234 University of Massachusetts Boston 1
#250 Regis University 2
#250 University of North Dakota 1
#263 Azusa Pacific University 4
#263 George Fox University 1
#263 Montana State University 1
#285 University of North Texas 2
#317 Northern Arizona University 7
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021 2020 2018 Total
All schools 718 859 451
#1 Princeton University 1 admitted 1
#2 Columbia University 1 admitted 1
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#2 Harvard College 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#5 Yale University 1 admitted 1
#6 Stanford University 1 admitted 2 admitted 2 admitted 5
#8 University of Pennsylvania 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#9 Duke University 2 admitted 2
#9 Northwestern University 1 admitted 1
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#13 Dartmouth College 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#14 Brown University 1 admitted 3 admitted 2 admitted 6
#14 Washington University in St. Louis 1 admitted 3 admitted 4
#17 Cornell University 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#17 Rice University 1 admitted 2 admitted 3
#19 University of Notre Dame 2 admitted 3 admitted 5
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 14 admitted 18 admitted 18 admitted 50
#21 Emory University 1 admitted 1
#22 University of California: Berkeley 14 admitted 14 admitted 19 admitted 47
#23 University of Michigan 2 admitted 7 admitted 4 admitted 13
#23 Georgetown University 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#25 University of Virginia 1 admitted 1
#25 Carnegie Mellon University 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#27 University of Southern California 27 admitted 20 admitted 18 admitted 65
#28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 admitted 1
#28 University of Florida 3 admitted 3 admitted 2 admitted 8
#28 University of California: Santa Barbara 23 admitted 17 admitted 18 admitted 58
#28 Wake Forest University 1 admitted 1
#28 New York University 3 admitted 2 admitted 7 admitted 12
#34 University of California: San Diego 34 admitted 16 admitted 28 admitted 78
#34 University of Rochester 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#36 University of California: Irvine 19 admitted 10 admitted 23 admitted 52
#36 Boston College 1 admitted 2 admitted 4 admitted 7
#38 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 admitted 2 admitted 3
#38 University of Texas at Austin 3 admitted 1 admitted 4
#38 University of California: Davis 30 admitted 18 admitted 27 admitted 75
#40 College of William and Mary 1 admitted 1
#42 Brandeis University 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 admitted 11 admitted 18
#42 Case Western Reserve University 1 admitted 1 admitted 3 admitted 5
#42 Boston University 17 admitted 13 admitted 11 admitted 41
#42 Tulane University 6 admitted 4 admitted 10
#47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2 admitted 2 admitted 5 admitted 9
#48 University of Georgia 3 admitted 2 admitted 5
#49 Pepperdine University 19 admitted 9 admitted 11 admitted 39
#49 Purdue University 5 admitted 5 admitted 13 admitted 23
#49 Villanova University 1 admitted 1
#49 Ohio State University: Columbus Campus 10 admitted 9 admitted 19
#49 Northeastern University 9 admitted 7 admitted 10 admitted 26
#49 Lehigh University 1 admitted 3 admitted 2 admitted 6
#55 Santa Clara University 5 admitted 11 admitted 16
#55 University of Miami 11 admitted 3 admitted 7 admitted 21
#55 Florida State University 2 admitted 2
#55 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2 admitted 2 admitted 3 admitted 7
#57 University of Pittsburgh 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#57 Penn State University Park 25 admitted 23 admitted 12 admitted 60
#59 University of Washington 16 admitted 17 admitted 33
#59 Syracuse University 9 admitted 14 admitted 23
#59 University of Maryland: College Park 2 admitted 1 admitted 3 admitted 6
#62 Rutgers University 1 admitted 5 admitted 6
#63 George Washington University 7 admitted 5 admitted 10 admitted 22
#63 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2 admitted 2
#63 University of Connecticut 2 admitted 5 admitted 1 admitted 8
#68 Indiana University Bloomington 12 admitted 35 admitted 47
#68 Texas A&M University 6 admitted 3 admitted 9
#68 University of Massachusetts Amherst 4 admitted 4 admitted 2 admitted 10
#68 Fordham University 6 admitted 8 admitted 8 admitted 22
#68 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 3 admitted 4 admitted 4 admitted 11
#68 Southern Methodist University 7 admitted 2 admitted 9
#75 Clemson University 8 admitted 4 admitted 1 admitted 13
#75 Baylor University 10 admitted 4 admitted 11 admitted 25
#75 Loyola Marymount University 31 admitted 28 admitted 59
#79 North Carolina State University 3 admitted 1 admitted 4
#79 American University 3 admitted 1 admitted 4 admitted 8
#79 Gonzaga University 7 admitted 1 admitted 8
#83 Michigan State University 8 admitted 10 admitted 7 admitted 25
#83 University of California: Riverside 24 admitted 18 admitted 42
#83 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#83 Colorado School of Mines 2 admitted 4 admitted 2 admitted 8
#83 Elon University 2 admitted 2 admitted 4
#83 Howard University 3 admitted 1 admitted 4
#83 Marquette University 1 admitted 3 admitted 2 admitted 6
#83 University of Iowa 1 admitted 2 admitted 3
#83 Texas Christian University 7 admitted 2 admitted 9
#93 University of Denver 6 admitted 4 admitted 10
#93 University of Delaware 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#93 University of San Diego 15 admitted 27 admitted 22 admitted 64
#99 Auburn University 2 admitted 2 admitted 4
#99 University of Utah 6 admitted 6
#99 University of Oregon 48 admitted 63 admitted 111
#103 University of California: Santa Cruz 20 admitted 36 admitted 20 admitted 76
#103 Clark University 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#103 Loyola University Chicago 6 admitted 10 admitted 16
#103 University of Arizona 28 admitted 28
#103 Drexel University 5 admitted 4 admitted 3 admitted 12
#103 University of Illinois at Chicago 2 admitted 1 admitted 3
#103 Temple University 1 admitted 1
#103 Miami University: Oxford 1 admitted 6 admitted 4 admitted 11
#103 Saint Louis University 2 admitted 2
#103 University of San Francisco 32 admitted 27 admitted 59
#104 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 2 admitted 2
#104 University of Colorado Boulder 47 admitted 47
#104 University of California: Merced 6 admitted 4 admitted 10
#117 Rochester Institute of Technology 1 admitted 1
#117 Arizona State University 50 admitted 36 admitted 86
#117 University of South Carolina: Columbia 1 admitted 1
#118 Iowa State University 2 admitted 2
#122 Chapman University 17 admitted 17 admitted 34
#122 University of Missouri: Columbia 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#122 University of Kansas 1 admitted 3 admitted 4
#127 DePaul University 13 admitted 7 admitted 20
#127 University of Oklahoma 4 admitted 3 admitted 7
#127 University of Kentucky 2 admitted 2
#127 Seton Hall University 2 admitted 2
#127 University of Dayton 1 admitted 5 admitted 6
#127 Seattle University 6 admitted 6
#136 University of Nebraska - Lincoln 3 admitted 1 admitted 4
#136 Drake University 1 admitted 1
#136 University of New Hampshire 1 admitted 1
#136 University of the Pacific 5 admitted 9 admitted 14
#136 University of La Verne 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#148 University of Alabama 9 admitted 9
#148 San Diego State University 35 admitted 18 admitted 53
#162 Oregon State University 17 admitted 18 admitted 35
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2021 2020 2018 Total
All schools 6 10 20
#4 Pomona College 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#5 Wellesley College 1 admitted 1
#6 United States Naval Academy 1 admitted 1
#8 Claremont McKenna College 1 admitted 1
#9 Carleton College 1 admitted 1
#13 Davidson College 1 admitted 1
#17 Colgate University 1 admitted 1
#17 Wesleyan University 1 admitted 1
#22 University of Richmond 1 admitted 2 admitted 3
#25 Bates College 1 admitted 1
#27 Macalester College 2 admitted 2
#30 Scripps College 1 admitted 2 admitted 3
#35 College of the Holy Cross 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#38 Whitman College 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#38 Bucknell University 1 admitted 1 admitted 2
#38 Skidmore College 1 admitted 1
#42 Denison University 1 admitted 1
#42 Occidental College 3 admitted 1 admitted 4 admitted 8
#50 The University of the South 1 admitted 1
#50 Dickinson College 1 admitted 1

AP Scores

(2022)
Number of students took AP test
546
Number of tests taken
1209
13%
21%
26%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

AP

(27)
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Biology
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Chemistry
English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition
Environmental Science
French Language and Culture
Human Geography
Macroeconomics
Physics 1
Psychology
Spanish Language and Culture
Statistics
Studio Art: Drawing
United States Government and Politics
United States History
Latin
World History
Studio Art: 2-D Design
Research
Seminar
Computer Science A
Music Theory
Spanish Literature and Culture
Physics C: Mechanics
European History
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Sports

(14)
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Fencing
Field Hockey
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Fencing
Field Hockey
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(49)
Ambassadors
Blue Crew
Diversity Team
L.I.F.E. Team (Living in Faith Experience)
Link Crew
Student Council
Ambassadors
Blue Crew
Diversity Team
L.I.F.E. Team (Living in Faith Experience)
Link Crew
Student Council
Caring Hearts (Children's Hospital)
Chaminade for a Cure (Cancer Relief)
Dreams For Children (Supporting Orphans)
Environmental Eagles
Helping PAWS
Interact Club (Rotary International)
Key Club
Material Girls & Boys (Quilting) Club
My Name My Story (Empathy & Changemaking)
Reach for the Stars (Special Olympics)
Red Cross Club
American Sign Language
Application Development
Chess Club
Computer Programming
Girls Who Code
Hospitality & Hotel Management
League of Extraordinary Gamers
Lord's Chords
STEM
Sierra Club
Spiritones (Acapella Club)
World Languages
International Cultural Council
African American Culture Club
Armenian Culute Club
Chinese Culture Club
Filipino Barkada Club
French Culture Club
Hispanic Culture Club
Indian Culture Club
Irish Dance & Culture Club
Islander Culture Club
Jewish Cultural Club
Korean Culture Club
Future Medical Professionals
Literary Magazine "The Quill"
R.E.S.T. (Relief of Everyone's Stress & Tension)
Heal the Bay
Nade for the Troops
One Sky (Helping Impoverished Children in China)
UNICEF (United Nations Children Fund)
World Wildlife Fund
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Arts

(16)
Acting
Band
Chorus
Dance
Guitar
Jazz
Acting
Band
Chorus
Dance
Guitar
Jazz
Music
Production
Theater
3D Design
Color
Film
Media
Studio Art
Art
Digital Design
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Basic Info

Co-ed
Day S. Grades: 6-12
Suburban
IB: No
ESL: Yes
Year Founded: 1952
Campus Size: 21 acres
Religious Affiliation: Catholic

Application Info

Deadline: 01/20
Recommended
5.0
Recommended
Boarding
Midland School United States Flag
5.0

Frequently Ask Questions about Chaminade College Preparatory

Tell me a bit about Chaminade College Preparatory.
Chaminade College Preparatory is Co-ed private day school located in California, US. It was founded 1952 , and currently has about 1215 students, 2.20% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.chaminade.org.
Does Chaminade College Preparatory have rigorous academic requirements?
Chaminade College Preparatory is offering 27 AP courses.

In recent years, 21 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

Chaminade College Preparatory also have 77% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do Chaminade College Preparatory students typically go for their colleges?
In 2021, some students attended Stanford University, Brown University, University of California: Los Angeles, Pomona College and University of California: Berkeley.
What is the application requirement for Chaminade College Preparatory?
Similar to most private schools in the US, Chaminade College Preparatory’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for Chaminade College Preparatory’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for Chaminade College Preparatory in 2024 is $24,350 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at bbeisswanger@chaminade.org .
Where is Chaminade College Preparatory located?
Chaminade College Preparatory is located in the State of California of USA. The closest major city is Los Angeles, which is about 27 miles away from school. Most families can choose Los Angeles International Airport to travel in and out of school.
How popular is Chaminade College Preparatory on FindingSchool network?
Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, Chaminade College Preparatory is among the most popular schools, within top 248 for all schools on FindingSchool.

Also Chaminade College Preparatory has been favorited by 76 users.
How to start with an application with Chaminade College Preparatory?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about Chaminade College Preparatory. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit Chaminade College Preparatory’s official site: http://www.chaminade.org or call them at 818-347-8300.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to Chaminade College Preparatory?
Yes, here are few: New Community Jewish High School, Our Lady Of The Valley School and Parkhill School.

The closest major city is Los Angeles. You can find out more schools near Los Angeles here.
What is the FindingSchool rating for Chaminade College Preparatory?
The overall rating for Chaminade College Preparatory is B+.

The section ratings of Chaminade College Preparatory are:
C for Matriculation
A- for Academics
A- for Extracurriculum
A for Community
B for Students and Parents reviews

Nearby City

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Population (2022) 3,833,995
Cost of Living Higher than average 54%

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