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Case Western Reserve acceptance rate

Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, Ohio · Private nonprofit · 6,437 undergraduates

36.5%
accepted, fall 2024
37,082
applications
13,550
offers of admission
1,619
enrolled (12% of those admitted)

Only about 9 in 100 four-year colleges admit a smaller share of applicants. Most admitted students go elsewhere. Only 12% of those offered a place enrolled in fall 2024 (1,619 of 13,550). Villanova is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to Case Western Reserve in size and selectivity (27%); Berklee College of Music is the easiest (44%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%20%40%60%80%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 74%2002 78%2003 75%2004 71%2005 68%2006 67%2007 75%2008 73%2009 70%2010 67%2011 51%2012 54%2013 42%2014 38%2015 36%2016 35%2017 33%2018 29%2019 27%2020 30%2021 30%2022 27%2023 29%2024 37%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202437,08213,55036.5%1,619
202339,03311,19328.7%1,544
202238,70110,60727.4%1,553
202133,23210,04930.2%1,606
202029,0848,80430.3%1,305
201928,7867,87627.4%1,357
201826,6427,79429.3%1,393
201725,3808,40533.1%1,309
201623,1158,19235.4%1,264
201522,8078,27136.3%1,259
201421,7338,32638.3%1,282
201318,4187,71341.9%1,252
201214,7788,02754.3%1,372
201113,5476,94451.3%902
20109,4746,31866.7%1,021
20097,9985,59970.0%966
20087,3515,39073.3%1,026
20077,2975,45274.7%1,133
20067,5085,00266.6%1,015
20057,1734,88468.1%1,162
20045,4933,87570.5%784
20034,6803,52575.3%878
20024,4283,44777.8%836
20014,6633,42973.5%738

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 5k Admitted: 3k2002 Applied: 4k Admitted: 3k2003 Applied: 5k Admitted: 4k2004 Applied: 5k Admitted: 4k2005 Applied: 7k Admitted: 5k2006 Applied: 8k Admitted: 5k2007 Applied: 7k Admitted: 5k2008 Applied: 7k Admitted: 5k2009 Applied: 8k Admitted: 6k2010 Applied: 9k Admitted: 6k2011 Applied: 14k Admitted: 7k2012 Applied: 15k Admitted: 8k2013 Applied: 18k Admitted: 8k2014 Applied: 22k Admitted: 8k2015 Applied: 23k Admitted: 8k2016 Applied: 23k Admitted: 8k2017 Applied: 25k Admitted: 8k2018 Applied: 27k Admitted: 8k2019 Applied: 29k Admitted: 8k2020 Applied: 29k Admitted: 9k2021 Applied: 33k Admitted: 10k2022 Applied: 39k Admitted: 11k2023 Applied: 39k Admitted: 11k2024 Applied: 37k Admitted: 14k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women17,9836,61436.8%
Men19,0866,92436.3%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
700 to 760 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
730 to 780
ACT composite
32 to 34

Colleges similar to Case Western Reserve

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to Case Western Reserve in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT		33%5,373$49,906$101,587
Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA		44%7,468$47,587$43,451
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH		34%2,887$41,987$60,877
Villanova
Villanova, PA		27%6,938$41,536$115,382
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY		40%6,331$34,347$88,358
University of Tampa
Tampa, FL		40%10,572$40,584$69,272

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Case Western Reserve to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Case Western Reserve on College Scorecard