Case Western acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Case Western admitted 13,890 of 39,332 first-year applicants in its 2025-26 Common Data Set, an official acceptance rate of 35.3%. Every number below comes from the college’s own Common Data Set, each year linked to its document; a figure the college leaves blank says “Not published”, and the notes at the foot of the page say where a total is the sum of rows the college printed.
What did admitted applicants have? How to get into Case Western counts the grades, scores and activities they posted.
Case Western acceptance rate by year
| CDS year | Applied | Admitted | Acceptance rate | Enrolled | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39,332 | 13,890 | 35.3% | 1,663 | 12.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37,082 | 14,010 | 37.8% | 1,619 | 11.6% |
Acceptance rate is admitted divided by applied; yield is enrolled divided by admitted. Both are computed by Aristo Scholars from the two counts printed beside them.
Early decision at Case Western
Case Western waitlist
Case Western SAT and ACT scores
What Case Western says matters in admission
In section C7 each college rates its own admission factors as Very Important, Important, Considered or Not Considered. These are the factors Case Western rated in the top two tiers.
- 2025-26
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Extracurricular activities
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Interview, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
- 2024-25
- Very important: Rigor of secondary school record, Class rank, Academic GPA, Extracurricular activities
- Important: Application essay, Recommendations, Interview, Talent/ability, Character/personal qualities, Volunteer work
Case Western testing policy for students applying in 2026-27
Test optional: applicants choose whether to apply with scores or as test-optional candidates, and can change that choice until two weeks before their decision release date.
From Case Western’s admissions site, read 2026-11-05. Policies change; the college’s page is the authority.
How these numbers were read
Case Western posts its 2025-26 and 2024-25 Common Data Sets, both marked 'Adjusted', so two years are shown. The 2025-26 C2 leaves the number accepting a waitlist place blank. C21 counts are for the first early decision round.
Case Western acceptance rate questions
- What is the Case Western acceptance rate?
- Case Western's Common Data Set for 2025-26 reports 39,332 first-year applicants and 13,890 admitted, an acceptance rate of 35.3%. It was 37.8% in 2024-25.
- What is the Case Western early decision acceptance rate?
- In 2025-26, 263 of 1,053 early decision applicants were admitted (25.0%), against 35.3% of all applicants. Early decision applicants are a different pool who commit to enroll, so the two rates are not a like-for-like comparison.
- What SAT scores do Case Western students have?
- In 2025-26, the middle half of enrolled first-year students who submitted the SAT scored 1440 to 1530, and ACT submitters scored 32 to 34. 52.0% of enrolled students submitted an SAT score.
- How many students get off the Case Western waitlist?
- In 2025-26, Case Western offered 9,168 applicants a place on the waitlist; the number who accepted is not published, and 688 were admitted from it.
- Does Case Western require the SAT or ACT for students applying in 2026-27?
- Test optional: applicants choose whether to apply with scores or as test-optional candidates, and can change that choice until two weeks before their decision release date.
Applying to Case Western?
An acceptance rate describes the whole pool, not one student. A Specialist can read your student’s file against what Case Western says it weighs.
Source: Case Western Common Data Set, sections C1, C2, C7, C9 and C21, each year linked above, read 2026-11-05. Aristo Scholars is not affiliated with Case Western. All official acceptance rates