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 This fall, Case Western Reserve University will welcome an entering class of 1,040 students. Not only did the university meet its enrollment target, but it drew its new class from the largest applicant pool in its history.
Since 2003, the number of high school seniors applying to Case has risen 62 percent, and this year’s total of 7,479 applicants was 4 percent higher than last year’s 7,038. Meanwhile, Case has steadily become not only more popular, but also more selective. The acceptance rate has declined by 2 percent in each of the last three years.
As a sign of the university’s increasing national prominence, this will be the first fall in which entering students from other states outnumber those from Ohio. The number of out-of-state matriculants has increased 7 percent since last year; almost 40 states are represented in the Class of 2010.
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