Case Western Reserve University
Case Western publishes 35% (Fall 2025 entering class). Early Decision applicants got in at 25%; everyone else at 36%.
Acceptance rate
What Case Western's 35% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Case Western reports itself.
By application round
Fall 2025 entering class (2025-26 Common Data Set, Section C1)
Read the full decomposition →Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test-Optional for 2026-27
- Policy
Official policy: 'At the time of application, you choose whether you wish to apply with testing scores or as a test-optional candidate.' Fully voluntary — not required for admission, scholarships, or financial aid; applicants may change their testing decision up to two weeks before their decision release. No future reinstatement announced.
- SAT middle 50%
- 1430–1540sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 32–34
- Average HS GPA
- 3.78Fall 2024 enrolled first-year students (CDS 2024-2025) · Source
Applying
Deadlines, essays and AI policy
- Early deadlines
- Nov 1, 2026 (ED); Nov 1, 2026 (EA); Jan 15, 2027 (ED2)
- Regular decision
- Jan 15, 2027Source
Full cycle calendar: Application Deadlines.
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 6,437
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $66,608
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- www.case.edu
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Sources
- Case Western test policy (2026-27)
- Case Western deadlines
- Case Western GPA (Fall 2024 enrolled first-year students (CDS 2024-2025))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
Test policy and deadlines last verified 2026-08-17.
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