Case Western Reserve University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 1,700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,196 (7% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 209 (6% ☔)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 6,454
Men / Women 52% / 48%
From State 13%
From Region 8%
Athletes 525 (8.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 33%
Asian 31%
Hispanic 12%
International 11%
Black 6%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Case School of Engineering 538 71% 43% 22% 3% 9% 15% $111,572 98 -0.04 93 95%
Aerospace Engineering 41 +12 80% 73% 12% 0% 0% 7% $94,937 12 -1.00 82 96% — — — —
Biomedical Engineering 91 — 53% 26% 42% 2% 7% 16% $99,267 55 +0.05 86 95% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 46 — 52% 48% 22% 2% 7% 17% $100,145 26 -0.55 86 97% — — — —
Civil Engineering 19 — 37% 53% 5% 5% 26% 5% $91,618 44 -0.10 79 95% — — — —
Computer Engineering 9 +7 89% 11% 44% 11% 22% 0% $124,732 73 +0.36 97 — — — — —
Electrical Engineering 40 +10 92% 50% 10% 5% 5% 25% $110,379 43 -0.32 92 97% — — — —
Engineering Physics 8 — 62% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $112,263 81 +0.55 93 — — — — —
General Engineering — — — — — — — — $98,597 55 +0.00 85 — — — — —
Materials Engineering 10 — 60% 50% 20% 0% 10% 10% $97,941 68 +0.39 85 — — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 87 +36 85% 59% 11% 2% 13% 9% $99,163 56 -0.01 86 97% — — — —
Polymer Science and Engineering 2 +1 100% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $96,475 60 +0.23 83 — — — — —
Systems Engineering (EE) — — — — — — — — $122,836 72 +0.27 97 — — — — —
Computer Science 183 +9 74% 33% 25% 4% 9% 20% $132,604 70 +0.22 98 92% — — — —
Information Technology 2 +12 50% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $125,429 91 +1.32 97 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 744 38% 33% 32% 6% 12% 10% $72,384 51 +0.42 41 95%
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 2 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% $80,863 25 -0.63 62 — — — — —
Data Science 25 +3 36% 36% 32% 4% 0% 20% $116,415 73 +0.24 95 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 15 +2 67% 13% 13% 0% 0% 73% $115,998 70 +0.23 95 — — — — —
Astronomy 1 +4 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $88,053 68 +0.32 75 — — — — —
Chemistry 18 +2 39% 22% 28% 17% 17% 6% $67,013 29 -0.44 27 86% — — — —
Chemistry 25 +5 52% 48% 20% 4% 20% 4% $67,013 29 -0.44 27 86% — — — —
Geosciences 3 — 100% 0% 33% 0% 33% 0% $65,797 59 +0.07 24 — — — — —
Mathematics 20 +6 70% 65% 10% 0% 5% 15% $111,362 87 +0.98 93 — — — — —
Physics 4 — 50% 25% 0% 0% 25% 25% $88,283 68 +0.34 75 — — — — —
Physics 21 — 76% 62% 14% 0% 5% 14% $89,910 73 +0.46 77 — — — — —
Statistics 15 +4 73% 7% 20% 7% 7% 47% $115,059 70 +0.20 95 — — — — —
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics — — — — — — — — $88,432 69 +0.35 75 — — — — —
Biochemistry 69 +2 35% 28% 43% 3% 12% 10% $64,899 19 -0.59 22 86% — — — —
Biology 118 +9 42% 25% 47% 3% 12% 7% $68,358 61 +0.22 30 100% — — — —
Computational Biology 11 — 45% 18% 27% 0% 18% 27% $67,589 27 -0.35 28 — — — — —
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology — — — — — — — — $68,626 89 +1.36 31 — — — — —
Neuroscience 90 — 27% 27% 47% 4% 11% 4% $68,878 56 +0.17 32 — — — — —
Human Nutrition 3 +3 0% 33% 0% 0% 33% 33% $69,244 73 +0.50 33 92% — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 44 +3 30% 25% 34% 7% 11% 9% $64,412 49 +0.04 20 — — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 5 +10 0% 20% 20% 40% 20% 0% $70,933 89 +1.15 38 — — — — —
Asian Studies 2 +1 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% 50% $66,246 72 +0.56 25 — — — — —
Chinese — — — — — — — — $67,782 84 +0.87 29 — — — — —
Classical Languages 6 +1 50% 67% 0% 0% 33% 0% $67,054 82 +0.80 27 — — — — —
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean, and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology — — — — — — — — $68,745 89 +1.15 31 — — — — —
English 16 +3 31% 31% 31% 19% 12% 0% $50,895 47 -0.19 3 86% — — — —
French — +2 — — — — — — $67,817 84 +0.87 29 — — — — —
French Studies — — — — — — — — $66,001 72 +0.54 24 — — — — —
German 1 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $67,328 82 +0.83 28 — — — — —
History 10 +4 50% 80% 10% 10% 0% 0% $66,906 88 +0.98 27 — — — — —
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 1 +2 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $67,132 88 +1.00 27 — — — — —
Japanese Studies 1 +1 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,140 72 +0.55 25 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 1 +1 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,797 95 +1.87 53 — — — — —
Philosophy 4 +3 75% 0% 75% 0% 0% 25% $66,910 73 +0.41 27 — — — — —
Religious Studies 1 +1 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $64,043 95 +1.63 20 — — — — —
Spanish 3 +4 33% 33% 33% 0% 33% 0% $67,239 82 +0.82 27 — — — — —
Womens Studies — +2 — — — — — — $64,890 87 +1.06 22 — — — — —
Anthropology 24 +6 21% 50% 25% 0% 4% 8% $63,822 87 +0.63 19 94% — — — —
Cognitive Science 34 +21 24% 26% 35% 9% 9% 3% $44,741 0 -1.62 2 97% — — — —
Gerontology — — — — — — — — $61,535 94 +0.98 14 — — — — —
International Studies 8 +5 25% 38% 38% 0% 25% 0% $76,985 68 +0.22 53 — — — — —
Political Science 23 +7 48% 57% 9% 4% 13% 13% $83,375 86 +0.82 67 86% — — — —
Psychology 86 +29 29% 34% 27% 12% 19% 1% $75,124 99 +3.04 49 100% — — — —
Sociology 13 +8 23% 31% 23% 23% 15% 0% $64,674 89 +0.71 21 100% — — — —
Art History 5 +3 20% 60% 20% 0% 0% 20% $52,160 62 +0.03 4 — — — — —
Dance 4 +4 0% 50% 25% 0% 0% 0% $49,352 86 +0.84 3 — — — — —
Music 8 +3 50% 38% 38% 12% 0% 12% $52,089 74 +0.57 4 — — — — —
Music Education 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,866 93 +1.09 8 — — — — —
Theater 3 +2 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,667 87 +0.88 3 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing 116 15% 32% 40% 3% 14% 9% $91,853 91 -0.04 79 96%
Nursing 116 — 15% 32% 40% 3% 14% 9% $91,853 57 -0.04 79 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Weatherhead School of Management 154 63% 34% 25% 5% 8% 21% $102,009 95 +0.61 88 98%
Accounting 23 — 57% 39% 17% 0% 17% 17% $99,930 80 +0.83 86 100% — — — —
Business Administration 26 +19 50% 38% 35% 0% 4% 12% $88,520 81 +0.57 75 100% — — — —
Economics 36 +40 58% 31% 19% 11% 11% 22% $111,848 74 +0.52 93 92% — — — —
Finance 56 +19 82% 34% 21% 7% 5% 27% $98,944 58 -0.01 86 100% — — — —
Marketing 13 +5 31% 23% 46% 0% 8% 15% $118,628 100 +3.19 96 95% — — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $72,570
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 92%
4-Year Graduation Rate 73%
6-Year Graduation Rate 87%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Engineering 22.9% 355 69% 48% 21% 3% 8% 14% $100,480 44 -0.19 87 96% —
Life & Natural Sciences 18.6% 288 36% 26% 45% 3% 12% 8% $67,662 48 -0.01 28 95% —
Computer Science 13.5% 210 70% 34% 26% 4% 8% 20% $130,608 78 +0.24 98 92% —
Social Sciences 12.1% 188 29% 37% 26% 9% 14% 4% $68,552 84 +1.34 31 97% —
Business & Economics 9.9% 154 63% 34% 25% 5% 8% 21% $102,010 87 +0.61 88 98% —
Physical Sciences & Math 7.9% 122 62% 38% 18% 4% 11% 22% $90,995 77 +0.15 78 86% —
Health Sciences 7.8% 121 14% 31% 39% 5% 14% 8% $90,989 89 +0.01 78 96% —
Agriculture & Food Science 3.0% 47 28% 26% 32% 6% 13% 11% $64,720 72 +0.07 21 92% —
Humanities 3.0% 46 43% 46% 24% 11% 13% 4% $61,500 80 +0.49 14 86% —
Arts 1.4% 21 24% 57% 24% 5% 0% 10% $51,466 51 +0.56 4 — —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $369M #29 77% $2.8M 14 #117 77 64
Life & Natural Sciences $133M #42 76% $0.3M 54 #47 438 115
Engineering $71.6M #71 71% $1.5M 52 #70 373 39
Physical Sciences & Math $31.0M #101 50% $0.7M 20 #124 163 14
Humanities & Social Sciences $20.2M #105 36% $0.5M 49 #105 82 5
Computer Science $6.8M #111 57% $0.1M 5 #138 78 —
Education $3.9M #119 56% $0 3 #399 — —
Business & Economics $1.3M #191 23% $0.0M 16 #78 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — 4 6
Total $638M #52 73% $6.0M 213 #108 1,215 243

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 108 $655K $655K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 54 $102K $102K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 50 $94K $94K $0
Swimming & Diving 44 $145K $145K $0
Baseball 31 $375K $375K $0
Soccer 28 $236K $236K $0
Wrestling 26 $201K $201K $0
Cross Country 21 $91K $91K $0
Basketball 20 $271K $271K $0
Tennis 19 $229K $229K $0
Total 330 $2.4M $2.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Swimming & Diving 48 $158K $158K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 37 $69K $69K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 35 $66K $66K $0
Soccer 32 $271K $271K $0
Volleyball 25 $239K $239K $0
Basketball 19 $276K $276K $0
Softball 19 $315K $315K $0
Cross Country 15 $65K $65K $0
Tennis 13 $152K $152K $0
Total 195 $1.6M $1.6M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 108 $655K $655K $0
Swimming & Diving 92 $304K $304K $0
Track & Field (indoor) 91 $172K $172K $0
Track & Field (outdoor) 85 $160K $160K $0
Soccer 60 $507K $507K $0
Basketball 39 $548K $548K $0
Cross Country 36 $156K $156K $0
Tennis 32 $382K $382K $0
Baseball 31 $375K $375K $0
Wrestling 26 $201K $201K $0
Volleyball 25 $239K $239K $0
Softball 19 $315K $315K $0
Total 525 $5.3M $5.3M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 35%
Yield (non-ED) 10%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 27% 43% 21%
Early Decision 19% 30% 15%
Unhooked Early Decision 10% 15% —

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Hooked: legacy, recruited athletes, faculty-related, and Questbridge

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 67%
SAT Range 1440 – 1530
SAT Math Range 730 – 780
SAT RW Range 710 – 760