Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
Case Western Reserve University is a private university in OH, founded in 1826 and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 5,430, and the graduate enrollment is 6,035. Case Western Reserve University is a highly selective school, receiving 29,084 applications and accepting 30.3% of applicants. Case Western Reserve University’s athletics teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels. Additionally, Case Western Reserve University employs 736 full-time instructional staff (94% of whom hold doctorate degrees) and has an 11:1 student to faculty ratio.
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Applicants applying to Case Western Reserve University will apply through the Common Application or the Coalition Application. Applicants will be required to write one personal statement based on a set of prompts within the application and, if selecting the Pre-Professional Scholars Program, will be required to complete additional writing questions.
Deadlines For Submitting Applications
Early Action Application Deadline
November 1st
Early Decision I Application Deadline
November 1st
Early Decision II Application Deadline
January 15th
Regular Application Deadline
January 15th
ATTENDANCE FACTORS
- Extracurricular Activities - Very Important
- Academic GPA - Very Important
- Rigor of Secondary School Record - Very Important
- Character/Personal Qualities - Important
- Application Essay - Important
Average Acceptance Rate
30.30%
Empowerly Acceptance Rate
40.00%
STUDENT LIFE
Case Western Reserve University offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It has a total undergraduate population of 5,430 students and a postgraduate population of 6,491 students. CWRU is most selective with its admission, accepting only 30% of applicants. Admitted students have an average SAT score of between 1340 and 1520 and an ACT score between 31 and 35. Once accepted, however, the admitted students are assured of a conducive learning environment. The university has a student-to-faculty ratio of 11:1, and about 63% of the classes have 20 or fewer students. Case Western Reserve University offers more than 90 undergraduate degree choices and over 130 graduate degree choices across the nine schools and colleges on its campus.
Housing
- 33% of students live on campus
- Guaranteed housing for freshmen
- Freshmen and sophomores required to live on campus
Case Western Reserve University provides on-campus accommodation for students of all levels to help students settle in as comfortably as possible. At CWRU, all first and second-year students who are unmarried and do not live with their parents within 40 miles of the school must live on-campus in the dormitories provided by the university. The residence halls have two sections; the first offers single, double, and suite-style rooms for first-year students, while the other mostly features only suite-style rooms for second-year students. The university also provides housing for international students, making students who live on campus up to 33%, while 57% of the student population live in off-campus apartments.
Life as a Student
Case Western Reserve University concentrates mainly on providing top-quality education for its students, and it runs on a semester-based academic calendar. But with over 200 student organizations and dozens of clubs, the school offers more than just academics, and students are allowed to join any organization to help improve their experience on campus. The school’s intercollegiate athletic team is known as the Case Western Reserve Spartans, and they currently compete in Division III at the NCAA.
TOP MAJORS
Computer Science
Mechanical Engineering
Biology
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Nursing
SERVICES
Health and Safety
- 24-hour trained security on campus
- Student security patrol
- Late night ride/safe escort service available
- Crime prevention programs available
Student Service
- Health Center
- Legal Advice
- Psychological Counseling
- Women's Center
Athletics
Varsity
Varsity
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Football
Soccer
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Track and Field
Wrestling
Cross-Country Running
Badminton
Basketball
Soccer
Softball
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Track and Field
Volleyball
Cross-Country Running
Club
Club
Archery
Cheerleading
Crew
Fencing
Ice Hockey
Archery
Cheerleading
Crew
Fencing
Ice Hockey
Intramural
Intramural
Badminton
Bowling
Basketball
Football
Golf
Racquetball
Soccer
Softball
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Table Tennis
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Weight Lifting
Water Polo
Badminton
Bowling
Basketball
Football
Golf
Racquetball
Soccer
Softball
Swimming and Diving
Tennis
Table Tennis
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Weight Lifting
Water Polo
FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION
Case Western Reserve University is a member of the Tuition Exchange, a consortium that provides tuition assistance to dependents of individuals who work at participating schools.
*All costs below are estimates and may differ based on your circumstances.
- Tuition - $61,040
- Housing and Meal Plan - $17,040
- Fees - $544
- Matriculation Fee - $650
- Books - $1,200
- Personal Expenses - $1,350
- Total Estimated Cost of Attendance - $81,824
HISTORY
Case Western Reserve University is a private research institute founded in 1826 in Cleveland, Ohio. The university resulted from a merger between the Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology in Ohio state and was inducted into the Association of American Universities in 1969. Before the merger, both universities were individual institutions. The Western Reserve University was founded in 1826 in the Connecticut Western Reserve Region as a college and Preparatory school, and it was the first in northern Ohio. It consisted of eight undergraduate and graduate schools, with its main campus sitting just outside the Eastside of Downtown Cleveland in a neighborhood dominated by several institutions.
Case Institute of Technology, on the other hand, was founded through the influence of Leonard Case Jr, but the school wasn’t established until after he died in 1880. Even though the school was an independent Institution, it had already shared some staff and buildings with the Western Reserve College from its earlier years. Before merging both institutions, the two had already been known for some of the outstanding results of their previous collaborations. The most notable was the Michelson – Morley experiment, which featured chemist Edward Morley from Western Reserve and physicist Albert Michelson of Case institute.
Suggestions for merging both universities started to arise as early as 1890 but were quickly dismissed as they had no solid backing (and didn’t attract much interest from either institution). Other indications toward merging the institutions continued to surface early in the 20th century. Still, they all proved futile until in the 1960s, when John Millis and T. Keith Glennan (presidents of Western Reserve and Case institutions, respectively) reached an agreement to accept the merger, and The merger was signed in 1967. Their vision of becoming one of the best institutions in the country yielded immediate results, as the university became one of the nation’s top-ranked universities in no time.
Today, the Case Western Reserve University campus, located in the heart of University Circle in Cleveland, now covers 267 acres. The university ranks 42nd best national university on the 2022 list of top colleges, and it also has the 12th best biomedical engineering program and the 10th best undergraduate nursing program. CWRU has an endowment of $1.85 billion.