Case Western Reserve University

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About Case Western Reserve University

Donald Knuth ranks among our Top Influential Computer Scientists Today.

Richard Thaler ranks among our Top Influential Economists Today.

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:

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).

According to Wikipedia, Case Western Reserve University is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reserve, and Case Institute of Technology, founded in 1880 through the endowment of Leonard Case Jr., formally federated.

Case Western Reserve University's Online Degrees

Case Western Reserve University Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Annual Applications	Acceptance	Graduation Rate	Median SAT Score	Median ACT Score
33,232	30%	84%	1430	32

How Much Does Case Western Reserve University Cost To Attend?

Tuition (in-state)
$54,532

Price by Family Income
Income	Average Net Cost
0 - 30K	$16,063
30K - 48K	$15,570
48K - 75K	$19,864
75K - 110K	$29,971
110K+	$43,692

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

How Much Do Case Western Reserve University Graduates Make?

If you graduate from Case Western Reserve University, then you can expect to earn an average of $89,300 per year. You also have a 92% chance of being employed after 10 years.

Case Western Reserve University's Demographics

Demographic data is for full-time, on-campus students.

Student Body	Under-Grads	Graduates
8,728	5,713	3,015

Where is Case Western Reserve University?

Case Western Reserve University is located at 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH 44106

How Safe is Case Western Reserve University?

Cleveland has a violent crime rate of less than .01% and a property crime rate of less than .01%.

What Is Case Western Reserve University Known For?

Case Western Reserve University is known for it's academic work in the following disciplines:

Case Western Reserve University's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

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 Nursing, Medical, and Social Work. Here are some of Case Western Reserve University's most famous alumni:

Donald Knuth: An American computer scientist, (1938 - ), Wisconsin.
Richard Thaler: An American economist.
Paul Berg: An American biochemist, Professor emeritus at Stanford University & Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Edward C. Prescott: An American economist .
David Gorski: An American oncological surgeon, breast cancer researcher and skeptic.
Donald A. Glaser: An American physicist and neurobiologist.
William Glasser: An American psychiatrist.
Paul Lauterbur: An American chemist.
Ferid Murad: An American physician and pharmacologist.
Terry Sejnowski: An American neuroscientist.
Alistair Cockburn: An American computer programmer.
John D. Mayer: An American psychologist.