Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Case Western Reserve University admitted 13,890 of 39,332 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (35.3%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Case Western Reserve University
Two things Case Western Reserve University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
688 admitted from a waitlist of 9,168.
A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Families paid $41,190 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
35.3%
13,890 admitted of 39,332 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1440–1530
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
32–34
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.78
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
52%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
15%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at Case Western Reserve University?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Case Western Reserve University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The early round, in counts
Two published rates side by side. Early applicants are a different group of students, so the gap is a fact about those pools, not a lever anyone can pull.
Early Decision
0.7× the rateEarly Decision admitted 25% (263 of 1,053), against 35.6% in the regular round.
13,627 of 38,279 in the comparison pool.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 9,168
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 688
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $41,190 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $19,025
- $30k–$48k
- $18,506
- $48k–$75k
- $20,849
- $75k–$110k
- $26,159
- Over $110k
- $53,061
Source: the College Scorecard
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for Case Western Reserve University applicants
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