Case Western Reserve University
University in Ohio, United States
About This School
How does this school stack up?
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) was established in 1967 through the merger of Western Reserve University (founded in 1826) and Case Institute of Technology (founded in 1880).
CWRU is organized into eight schools, including the School of Medicine, the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Law, and the Weatherhead School of Management. The university is perhaps best known for its Case School of Engineering, and especially for the latter’s Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering.
CWRU’s department of Online Learning offers four master’s degrees in engineering, one in social administration, and several Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
CWRU is associated with no fewer than 18 Nobel laureates:
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- Physics—Donald A. Glaser, Polykarp Kusch, Frederick Reines, and Albert A. Michelson
- Chemistry—Paul Berg, George Olah, Irwin A. Rose, and Peter Agre
- Physiology or Medicine—Paul C. Laterbur, Ferid Murad, Alfred G. Gilman, Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., Frederick C. Robbins, John J.R. Macleod, George H. Hitchings, and Corneille Heymans
- Economics—Richard Thaler and Edward C. Prescott
Other distinguished CWRU-connected individuals include the following:
- Computer scientist and Turing Award—winner, Donald Knuth
- Science fiction author, Roger Zelazny
- Romance novelist, Jasmine Cresswell
- Comic book author, Harvey Pekar
- New Testament scholar, Larry Hurtado
- Actors, Alan Rosenberg and Rich Sommer
- Photographer, Margaret Bourke-White
- Soprano, Brenda Miller Cooper
- Physicists—Edward W. Morley, Roger Bacon, and Lawrence M. Krauss
- Chemists, Peter B. Armentrout and Slayton A. Evans, Jr.
- Neuroscientists, Terrence J. Sejnowski and Peter Sterling
- Psychiatrists, William Glasser and M. Scott Peck
- Historians, Ted Steinberg and James Alexander Robertson
- Economist, Neil W. Chamberlain
- Entrepreneur, Edward Williams (Sherwin-Williams)
- Chemist and industrialist, Herbert Henry Dow (Dow Chemical)
- Automotive engineer, Robert W. Kearns
- Software engineers and entrepreneurs—Paul T. Buchheit (Gmail), Peter Tippett (Norton AntiVirus), and Craig Newmark (Craigslist)
- News correspondent and anchor, Jack Perkins
- Former US Representatives—Louis Stokes, Dennis Kucinich, and Stephanie Tubbs Jones
- Former US Senator, Timothy J. Grendell
- Former Ecuadorian President, Alfredo Palacio
CWRU is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
Admissions
What does this school look for?
Annual Applications
26,642
Acceptance
29%
Graduation Rate
82%
Median SAT Score
1435
Median ACT Score
32
Costs
How much does it cost to attend?
Tuition (in-state)
$48,604
Fees (in-state)
$438
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-30K | $13,235 |
| 30K-48K | $16,979 |
| 48K-75K | $22,594 |
| 75K-110K | $28,134 |
| 110K+ | $41,839 |
After Graduation
Averages for 10 years after enrolling
Avg Earnings
$89,300
Employed
92%
Campus Life
What's it like to attend this school?
The People
Full time on-campus stats
Student Body
9K
Under-Grads
5K
Graduates
3K
The Campus
Where will you be attending?
Location
10900 Euclid Ave,
Cleveland OH
44106
City Crime Rates
Property Crime
53k per 100k
Violent Crime
16k per 100k
What is Case Western Reserve University known for?
Our answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Top areas of influence with degrees offered
Other areas of influence
Influential People
Who are Case Western Reserve University's Most influential alumni?
Case Western Reserve University's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Social Work, Nursing, and Computer Science. Case Western Reserve University’s most academically influential people include Donald Knuth, Paul Berg, and Richard Thaler.
Paul Berg
American biochemist, Professor emeritus at Stanford University & Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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