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🇺🇸Cleveland, OH, United States·Est. 1826Private

Case Western Reserve University

Engineering & medicine

Global rank#195
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Ranking source comparison
SourceScore
QS53 out of 100
THE66 out of 100
USC66 out of 100
USG66 out of 100
ARWU58 out of 100
CWUR70 out of 100
Niche0 out of 100
Leiden0 out of 100
85.7
aggregate score · 6 sources
QS World University Rankings
2024 edition
301–350
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2024 edition
201–250
US News Best Colleges (National Universities)
2024 edition
#53
US News Best Global Universities
2023–24 edition
201–250
Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking)
2023 edition
151–200
Center for World University Rankings
2024 edition
151–200
Niche Best Colleges
2024 edition
Unranked
CWTS Leiden Ranking
2024 edition
Unranked

Ranking history

Real snapshots recorded each time this dataset is refreshed — never backfilled or estimated.

Ranking history over time
DateRankScore
August 3, 2026#19585.7
August 4, 2026#19585.7
August 5, 2026#19585.7
August 6, 2026#19585.7
August 7, 2026#19585.7
August 10, 2026#19585.7
August 15, 2026#19585.7
August 17, 2026#19585.7
August 20, 2026#19585.7

Admissions

Most recently published acceptance rate and enrolled-student score ranges. SAT/ACT and GPA are US-specific admissions measures, so they're only shown where applicable.

Applications / year
Acceptance rate
32%
SAT (25th–75th)
1400–1520
ACT (25th–75th)
32–34
Avg. GPA
3.80

Campus & outcomes

Class size, graduation and freshman retention rates, sticker tuition vs. what students actually pay after aid, how many receive it, post-graduation employment, research output, and a few real, commonly-cited top recruiters. Everything except ratio and enrollment is US-specific or approximate — papers/year and top employers in particular are rounded/illustrative, not exhaustive or precise database exports. Earnings figures and what they imply against cost are in their own section below.

Student : faculty
10:1
Undergrads
6,100
Grad rate (6-yr)
84%
Tuition
$60,632
Avg. net price
$32,000
Employed within 6mo
89%
Papers/year (approx.)
4,500
Classes under 20
58%
Freshman retention
93%
Receiving aid
50%
Where grads work
AmazonDeloitteCleveland ClinicGoogle

Earnings after graduation

Median earnings for this institution's graduates (2024–25 published figures) and what they imply against its cost. US-reported figures — the concept doesn't translate for universities outside the US, which is why they show nothing here.

Early career
$70,000
Median, roughly 0–5 years out
Mid career
$135,000
Median, roughly 10 years out · +93% growth
Cost payback
1.8 yr
Years of early-career median equal to $128,000 of 4-year net cost
Value score 1.1× — one year of mid-career median covers 1.1× the full 4-year net cost+93% early-to-mid career growth

How to read these numbers

  • Medians, not averages, and not your salary. Half of graduates earn less. The spread within a single university is far wider than the gap between most universities.
  • Institution-wide, across all majors. Much of the difference between two universities' figures reflects what their students study — an engineering-heavy institute out-earns a liberal arts college largely through major mix, not teaching quality. Per-major earnings aren't in this dataset; the US federal College Scorecard publishes them for US federal-aid recipients.
  • Geography and selectivity are baked in. Graduates often work near where they studied, so regional cost of living inflates or deflates these figures, and selective intakes would earn well regardless of where they enrolled.
  • Payback is arithmetic, not a plan. It divides 4-year net price by early-career median and ignores aid you personally receive, loan interest, taxes and living costs.

Graduate & professional schools

Case Western has 2 ranked professional programmes. These admit separately from the university and are ranked separately from it — a band here says nothing about the university's overall position above, or the reverse (2025–26 rankings cycle).

Subject strengths

An Analects Proverbs editorial estimate — derived from this university's specialty and overall standing, not pulled from a named subject ranking.

Ranking source comparison
SourceScore
CS77 out of 100
Eng94 out of 100
Business81 out of 100
Medicine93 out of 100
Law78 out of 100
Sciences77 out of 100
Social81 out of 100
Arts82 out of 100
Strongest in
EngineeringMedicineArts & Humanities
Computer Science
Engineering
Business
Medicine
Law & Policy
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
Arts & Humanities

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Frequently asked questions

What is Case Western Reserve University's ranking?

Case Western Reserve University ranks #195 on Analects Proverbs's combined score of 85.7/100, aggregated across 6 major published rankings.

What is Case Western Reserve University known for?

Engineering & medicine. Its strongest subject areas, by our editorial estimate, are Engineering, Medicine, Arts & Humanities.

What is Case Western Reserve University's acceptance rate?

Case Western Reserve University's acceptance rate is approximately 32%, based on the most recently published admissions cycle.

What SAT or ACT scores does Case Western Reserve University expect?

Enrolled students typically score in the 1400–1520 range on the SAT, or 32–34 on the ACT (25th–75th percentile, most recent published cycle).

How much does it cost to attend Case Western Reserve University?

Case Western Reserve University's published annual tuition is approximately $60,632, though the average net price after institutional aid is closer to $32,000 per year.

What is Case Western Reserve University's graduation rate?

Case Western Reserve University's published 6-year graduation rate is approximately 84%.

What do Case Western Reserve University graduates typically earn?

Early-career graduates report a median starting salary of around $70,000, rising to roughly $135,000 at mid-career.