Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio · Private · 6,437 undergraduates · case.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
35%
of 39,332 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1440 to 1530
of enrolled freshmen
Your chances and merit aid at Case Western Reserve University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
35% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
Not available
What to do with your 1490
Send your score
About 36% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1370, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Test Policy | Undergraduate Admission | Case Western Reserve University · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Nov1Early Decision · November 1, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Dec1Other deadline · December 1, 2026
- Jan15Early Decision II · January 15, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Jan15Regular Decision · January 15, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
35%
of applicants were admitted: 13,890 of 39,332 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/1, hear by 12/21.
Early Decision
Binding. 25% of early applicants were admitted.
Wait list
9,168 students were offered a spot; 688 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 52% of them sent SAT scores and 15% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1440 to 1530
Reading and Writing 710 to 760
Math 730 to 780
ACT composite 32 to 34
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160090%
- 1200 to 139910%
- 1000 to 11990%
- 800 to 9990%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.78
- 4.016%
- 3.75 to 3.9948%
- 3.50 to 3.7426%
- 3.25 to 3.497.7%
- 3.00 to 3.241.7%
- 2.50 to 2.990.3%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
Case Western Reserve University hasn't published a total yearly cost. The parts it has published are below.
- Tuition$74,270
- Books and supplies$1,250
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$14,046
- $30,001 to $48,000$17,955
- $48,001 to $75,000$24,534
- $75,001 to $110,000$31,965
- Over $110,000$55,534
Financial aid
100%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$49,293
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
40%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $32,560 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid priority date: 1/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 2/1
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
National Merit Scholarship (CWRU-sponsored)
$1,000 to $2,000 a year
National Merit
Deadline: Name this college your first choice with NMSC.
Details
Ohio programs for residents
Governor's Merit Scholarship
$5,000 a year
State program · In-state students
- Homeschool / dropout prevention & recovery / nonchartered nonpublic applicants (top 5% of similar applicants by ACT/SAT); Apply via ODHE portal in senior year; homeschoolers upload superintendent's response to home-education notification; Selective Service if applicable; on-time graduation; junior on track at determination
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
35 of 35
Earn credit with a score of 3
None
You need a 4 or 5 for credit here.
A 3-credit course is worth
about $7,430Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 5 | 3 | ARTS 101 or ARTS 216 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 5 | 3 | ARTS 100-TR or ARTS 201, 214 |
| Art History | 4 | 3 | ARTH 100-TR |
| Biology | 4 | 3 | BIOL 114 |
| Biology | 5 | 3 | BIOL 214 |
| Calculus AB | 5 | 4 | MATH 121 |
| Calculus BC | 5 | 8 | MATH 121 and 122 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 5 | 4 | MATH 121 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHEM 111 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | CHIN 201 and 202 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 9 | CHIN 201, 202, and 301 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | POSC 160 |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 3 | CSDS 132 |
| Drawing | 5 | 3 | ARTS 106 or ARTS 216 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENGL 100-TR |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENGL 100-TR |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | EEPS 100-TR |
| European History | 5 | 3 | HSTY 100-TR |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | FRCH 201 and 202 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | GRMN 201 and 202 |
| Human Geography | 4 | 3 | ANTH 100-TR |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | ITAL 201 and 202 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | JAPN 201 and 202 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 9 | JAPN 201, 202, and 301 |
| Latin | 4 | 6 | LATN 201 and 202 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 103 |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 102 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 4 | PHYS 115 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 3 | PHYS 100-TR |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 3 | PHYS 100-TR |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 4 | PHYS 121 |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSCL 101 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | SPAN 201 and 202 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 6 | SPAN 202 and 300-TR |
| Statistics | 5 | 3 | STAT 201 |
| United States Government and Politics | 5 | 3 | POSC 109 |
| United States History | 5 | 3 | HSTY 100-TR |
| World History: Modern | 5 | 3 | HSTY 100-TR |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
87%
Come back for a second year
92%
Typical earnings
$89,865
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Case Western Reserve University$98,209
- All colleges$97,556
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 19 majors here have earnings data.
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