Case Western Reserve University: Statistics

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#62 of 2,496 In the United States
#2 of 90 In Ohio
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Acceptance rate
30%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
34
Avg. cost to attend
$38,166 /y
Aid receiving
85%
Undergraduates
5,792
Graduates
6,350
Male:Female Ratio
48:52
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
case.edu

Case Western Reserve University Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Case Western Reserve University has an acceptance rate of 30% and is among the top 7% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 30% 29% 31%
Applicants 33,232 16,971 16,261
Admissions 10,049 4,951 5,098
Freshmen enrolled full time 1,606 783 823

1,370 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

555 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

SAT scores

Among admitted applicants
626 or 39%
submitted SAT

25% of them
had 1410
or below

75% of them
had 1530
or below

Typical SAT scores of first-years in Case Western Reserve University are 1410-1530 (middle 50% range).

ACT scores

Among admitted applicants
493 or 31%
submitted ACT

25% of them
had 32
or below

75% of them
had 35
or below

Typical ACT scores of first-years in Case Western Reserve University are 32-35 (middle 50% range).

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program Required
Recommendations Required
Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school rank Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
SAT/ACT Considered but not required
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 5091 (42%)
Nonresident Alien 2331 (19%)
Asian 2154 (18%)
Hispanic 927 (8%)
Black or African American 736 (6%)
Two or more races 510 (4%)
Race or Ethnicity unknown 375 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 9 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 4 (0%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

The average net cost to attend Case Western Reserve University is $38,166 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.

The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.

Net average cost to attend
$38,166/year
Average aid awarded
$33,761
Students receiving aid
85%

Average costs by household income

<$30K $18,240
$30-48K $20,149
$48-75K $21,047
$75-110K $30,752
$110K+ $47,859

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $54,020$49,358
Tuition in-state $54,020$49,358
Tuition out-of-state $54,020$49,358
Fee in-district $512$40
Fee in-state $512$40
Fee out-of-state $512$40

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 4,494
Combined charge for room and board $16,482
Room charge $9,584
Meal charge $6,898

Case Western Reserve University majors

Case Western Reserve University has granted 1,269 bachelor's degrees across 60 programs, 1,596 master's across 75 programs, and 674 doctorate degrees across 43 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Case Western Reserve University.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Finance, General 40 186
Medicine 205
Social Work 197 5
Computer Science 128 58 4
Physiology, General 174 1
Law 154
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering 101 21 15
Business Administration and Management, General 18 100 16
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse 89 38
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 93 13 5
Mechanical Engineering 84 23 3
Accounting 39 41
Dentistry 76
Anesthesiologist Assistant 73
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 49 12 10
Chemical Engineering 52 10 6
Biochemistry 54 6 4
Human Nutrition 17 36
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law 50
Psychology, General 39 4 5
Bioethics & Medical Ethics 42
Public Health, General 41
Economics, General 37
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 17 6 14
Physician Assistant 34
Chemistry, General 23 3 7
Management Science 33
Nutrition Sciences 31
Anthropology, General 19 7 4
Civil Engineering, General 23 3 3
Nurse Anesthetist 29
Cognitive Science, General 25 2
Physics, General 13 3 11
Medical Science & Scientist 26
Computer Engineering, General 12 8 4
Non-Profit & Public & Organizational Management 24
Nursing Practice 23
Operations Research 23
Organizational Behavior Studies 19 4
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical & Space Engineering, General 17 3 1
American & U.S. Law & Legal Studies & Jurisprudence 20
Family Practice Nurse & Nursing 20
Materials Engineering 10 7 3
Applied Mathematics, General 10 3 6
English Language and Literature, General 13 6
Anatomy 18
Chemistry, Other 18
Mathematics, General 17 1
Engineering & Industrial Management 17
Political Science and Government, General 17
Statistics, General 16 1
Management Information Systems, General 16
Pathology & Experimental Pathology 8 8
Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist 15 1
History, General 12 3
Legal Professions and Studies, Other 15
Music, General 14
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General 13
Engineering, General 1 12
Epidemiology 9 4
International & Globalization Studies 13
Marketing & Marketing Management, General 13
Nursing Science 13
Systems Engineering 4 4 4
Programs for Foreign Lawyers 11
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse & Nursing 11
Sociology, General 7 2 2
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 4 5
Critical Care Nursing 9
Molecular Medicine 9
Neuroscience 6 1 2
Dance, General 5 2
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 6 1
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services, Other 7
Genetic Counseling & Counselor 7
Computational Biology 5 1
Orthodontics & Orthodontology 6
Pediatric Nurse & Nursing 6
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 6
Data Science, General 5
Geriatric Nurse & Nursing 5
Music, Other 1 4
Periodontics & Periodontology 5
Pharmacology 1 4
Philosophy 5
Astronomy 2 1 1
Endodontics & Endodontology 4
Engineering Physics & Applied Physics 4
Genetics, General 1 3
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other 4
Music Teacher Education 2 2
Religion & Religious Studies 3 1
Music Theory and Composition 3
Spanish Language and Literature 3
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2
Environmental Studies 2
French Language and Literature 2
Intellectual Property Law 2
Virology 2
Women's Health Nurse & Nursing 2
Applied and Professional Ethics 1
Art Teacher Education 1
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1
Clinical and Translational Science 1
Comparative Literature 1
Environmental Geosciences 1
International Law and Legal Studies 1
Patent Law 1
Women's Studies 1
Grand Total 1,269 1,596 674

Case Western Reserve University has a graduation rate of 84%, which is among the 8% highest for universities in the US.

Total Men Women
Graduation rate 84% 79% 91%
  • Full-time retention rate - 94%
  • Part-time retention rate - 100%

Publications & Citations

Case Western Reserve University is a world-class research university with 126,167 scientific papers published and 4,374,998 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Genetics, Biochemistry, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Psychology, and Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Publications
126,167
Citations
4,374,998

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
85,971 / 3,458,340
Medicine
82,512 / 2,976,847
Chemistry
65,520 / 2,703,798
Genetics
52,831 / 2,266,839
Biochemistry
46,536 / 2,159,401
Engineering
45,931 / 1,544,074
Physics
44,899 / 1,555,236
Computer Science
44,164 / 1,609,129
Psychology
39,533 / 1,435,389
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
39,518 / 1,186,136
Pathology
37,724 / 1,548,301
Environmental Science
30,973 / 1,037,131
Organic Chemistry
29,131 / 1,177,587
Surgery
26,923 / 889,532
Quantum and Particle physics
26,247 / 925,263
Psychiatry
25,162 / 931,829
Materials Science
23,069 / 815,667
Immunology
19,160 / 789,285
Neuroscience
18,328 / 754,713
Mathematics
17,961 / 622,519
Political Science
17,692 / 499,868
Sociology
17,128 / 549,119
Law
16,746 / 486,622
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
16,558 / 498,403
Geology
16,474 / 528,154
Philosophy
15,817 / 453,389
Statistics
15,529 / 558,620
Anatomy and Physiology
13,313 / 473,931
Optical Engineering
13,181 / 426,885
Geography and Cartography
12,770 / 375,026
Paleontology
12,491 / 429,531
Oncology and Cancer research
12,392 / 474,275
Business
11,389 / 341,392
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
10,592 / 284,962
Public Health
9,624 / 366,675
Economics
9,548 / 271,181
Metallurgical Engineering
9,489 / 376,891
Ecology
8,996 / 286,386
History
8,949 / 235,279
Cardiology
8,772 / 354,392

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1990 1635 17309
1991 1764 19407
1992 1696 22785
1993 1741 22116
1994 1769 24565
1995 1891 26407
1996 1938 31002
1997 1868 34172
1998 2037 39631
1999 2106 43894
2000 2052 49689
2001 2073 55994
2002 2075 62779
2003 2362 68955
2004 2440 76461
2005 2570 86732
2006 2949 97426
2007 2949 105803
2008 3269 116190
2009 3438 126438
2010 3471 136541
2011 3612 152216
2012 3928 168913
2013 4002 180360
2014 4264 190799
2015 4234 203935
2016 4550 206478
2017 4836 223224
2018 4459 219285
2019 4982 244452
2020 5437 281643
2021 6147 343837
2022 5107 319885
Academic rankings

Case Western Reserve University alumni

  1. Paul Buchheit

    Paul Buchheit
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1977-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    game programmerbusinesspersoncomputer scientistengineer
    Biography

    Paul T. Buchheit is an American computer engineer and entrepreneur who created the world's largest email service Gmail. He developed the original prototype of Google AdSense as part of his work on Gmail. He also suggested Google's former company motto Don't be evil in a 2000 meeting on company values, after the motto was initially coined in 1999 by engineer Amit Patel.

  2. Donald Knuth

    Donald Knuth
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1938-.. (age 85)
    Enrolled in Case Western Reserve University
    In 1960 graduated with Master of Science in mathematics
    Occupations
    mathematicianengineerwritercomputer scientisttype designer
    Biography

    Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is the 1974 recipient of the ACM Turing Award, informally considered the Nobel Prize of computer science. Knuth has been called the "father of the analysis of algorithms".

  3. Don Shula

    Don Shula
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1930-2020 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in Case Western Reserve University
    Graduated with master's degree in physical education
    Occupations
    American football coachAmerican football player
    Biography

    Donald Francis Shula was an American professional football player and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1963 to 1995. He played seven seasons as a defensive back in the NFL. The head coach of the Miami Dolphins for most of his career, Shula is the NFL's winningest head coach at 347 career victories and 328 regular season victories. He held his first head coaching position with the Baltimore Colts, whom he led for seven seasons, and spent his next 26 seasons with Miami. Shula had only two losing seasons during his 33 years as a head coach and led the Dolphins to two consecutive Super Bowl titles in Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl VIII. His first Super Bowl title during 1972 is the only perfect season in NFL history.

  4. Richard Thaler

    Richard Thaler
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1945-.. (age 78)
    Enrolled in Case Western Reserve University
    Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
    Occupations
    international forum participanteconomist
    Biography

    Richard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In 2015, Thaler was president of the American Economic Association.

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General info

Alternative names Case Western Reserve
CWRU
Case
Founded 1826
Motto Think Beyond the Possible
Colors blue, white, gray
Academic calendar August to May (August - December; January-May). Also Summer Session (June-July)
Total FTE staff 4,186
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

Address 10900 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106
United States
City population 373,000
Phone 2163682000

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