by our College Data Analytics Team
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Case Western Reserve University was awarded 101 badges in the 2025 rankings.
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Case Western landed the #116 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, Case Western is ranked at #3.
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With an acceptance rate of 27%, Case Western is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 42% of students accepted to Case Western submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 680 and 750. Math scores were between 730 and 790.
Learn more about Case Western Reserve University admissions.
At Case Western, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Case Western Reserve University is 76%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 93% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Case Western Reserve University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Case Western the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 67%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Case Western Reserve University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,430 undergraduates at Case Western with 5,286 being full-time and 144 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,010 | $17,541 | $22,653 | $32,824 | $47,824 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Case Western, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Case Western, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $6,836 a year. That adds up to $27,344 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Case Western are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 |
| Phone: | 216-368-2000 |
| Website: | www.case.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 261 | $69,389 |
| Medicine | 203 | NA |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 201 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 200 | $65,784 |
| Computer Science | 182 | $95,688 |
| Social Work | 162 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 150 | NA |
| Biomedical Engineering | 144 | $78,815 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 141 | $76,736 |
| General Biology | 130 | $26,254 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,622 students took at least one online class at Case Western Reserve University. This is a decrease from the 1,925 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,622 | 569 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,925 | 555 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,081 | 452 |
| 2018-2019 | 985 | 449 |
Learn more about online learning at Case Western Reserve University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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