+22%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Case Western Reserve University rose 22% between 2021 and 2024 ($54.5k → $66.6k).
Ohio · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio. 6,108 undergraduate students. 215 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Case Western Reserve University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Case Western Reserve University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).
+22%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Case Western Reserve University rose 22% between 2021 and 2024 ($54.5k → $66.6k).
+65%
Private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Case Western Reserve University are 65% above the private nonprofit bachelor's-predominant peer median ($88.0k vs $53.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Ohio
Each tile compares this institution to the Ohio median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$87,989+16% · 6→10y
Ohio median $41,039$75,613
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry87.0%+8% · '97→'09
Ohio median 62.5%$21,488+106% · '97→'20
At program completion6,108+93% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS92.0%+2% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time28.7%-50% · '01→'24
latest cohort$64,671+229% · '00→'24
out-of-state $64,671SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.3%Median federal debt $21,488 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $87,989 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+44%
Case Western Reserve University · completion · 100% rose
50.5% → 72.8%
+93%
Case Western Reserve University · undergrad enrollment rose
3,328 → 6,437
+229%
Case Western Reserve University · in-state tuition rose
$20,260 → $66,608
+229%
Case Western Reserve University · out-of-state tuition rose
$20,260 → $66,608
+106%
Case Western Reserve University · median debt rose
$11,625 → $24,000
-70%
Case Western Reserve University · cohort default rate fell
1.4% → 0.0%
+37%
Case Western Reserve University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$64,400 → $87,989
+29%
Case Western Reserve University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$60,300 → $77,640
+43%
Case Western Reserve University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$52,900 → $75,613
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$189,814Business Administration, Management and Operations.$183,796Dental Residency Programs.$172,023Dentistry.$159,604Business Administration, Management and Operations.$124,675Finance and Financial Management Services.$121,294Computer Science.$119,949Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$119,948Medicine.$119,638Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$113,649Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$110,325Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$110,275Law.$100,147Biomedical/Medical Engineering.$99,721Engineering-Related Fields.$99,198Chemical Engineering.$98,005Accounting and Related Services.$94,632Finance and Financial Management Services.$92,413Mechanical Engineering.$92,158Human Resources Management and Services.$91,541Accounting and Related Services.$90,949Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering.$90,949Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,780Economics.$79,150
Showing top 24 of 36 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
36 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Medicine.$119,638Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$119,948Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,780Dentistry.$159,604Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services.$189,814Bioethics/Medical Ethics.$72,105Public Health.$69,012Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$110,275Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$110,325
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Finance and Financial Management Services.$121,294Business Administration, Management and Operations.$124,675Finance and Financial Management Services.$92,413Accounting and Related Services.$94,632Accounting and Related Services.$90,949Human Resources Management and Services.$91,541Business Administration, Management and Operations.$183,796
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS · CIP 60
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Case Western Reserve University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,120,690
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $19,106
- HS-only baseline · OH
- $36,400
- Years to complete
- 7
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Ohio
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Case Western Reserve University graduates earn $X” — not “Case Western Reserve University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Case Western Reserve University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.