Check out why Case Western Reserve University received an F grade in our Report Card below.
Case Western Reserve University is a private university in Cleveland, Ohio with an undergraduate enrollment size of 5,792. The university was founded in 1826 as the Western Reserve College and became Case Western Reserve University in 1967. Over 1,500 students are actively involved in one of the 16 fraternities or 10 sororities on campus, and many more are affiliated with a student club. Students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Cleveland&#8217;s vibrant culture by exploring its diverse array of restaurants, shopping districts, as well as attending collegiate and professional sporting events. The university&#8217;s official mascot is Spartie the Spartan and students and sports teams are referred to as &#8220;Spartans.&#8221;
Case Western Reserve University offers over 100 undergraduate programs, around 160 graduate and professional options, and more than 145 dual degrees. Notable former students include NBA player Manute Bol, Nike Air Sole inventor Marion Frank Rudy, and Mayor of Cleveland Justin Bibb.

Case Western Reserve University receives an “F” grade by <a href="https://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/schools/2877" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Will They Learn?</a> which takes into account the university’s educational prowess. Factors include composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural science.
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What Will They Learn? Academic Score

Case Western Reserve University receives an “A+” grade for the Average Salary of Recent Graduates. As of 2021, alumni with 0-5 years of experience after graduating from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree make $72,100 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Recent Graduates

Case Western Reserve University receives an “A+” grade for the Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career. As of 2021, alumni with 10+ years of experience after graduating from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree make $126,600 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career

Case Western Reserve University receives a “B+” grade for the Percent of Graduates with Debt (Federal and Private). In 2020, 43% of graduates accumulated student debt from federal and/or private sources according to <a href="https://ticas.org/interactive-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute for College Access &amp; Success</a>.
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Percent of Graduates with Debt (Federal and Private)

Case Western Reserve University receives a “C” grade for the Average Debt of Graduates (Federal and Private). In 2020, graduates accumulated $31,201 of debt on average from federal and/or private sources according to <a href="https://ticas.org/interactive-map/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Institute for College Access &amp; Success</a>.
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Average Debt of Graduates (Federal and Private)

Case Western Reserve University receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff. The university&#8217;s <a href="https://case.edu/hr/careers/new-hire-information/trainings-and-screenings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> states, &#8220;In keeping with university core values, all employees are expected to complete Diversity 360, the university-wide diversity education program, within the first 90 days of employment.&#8221;
The goals of the <a href="https://case.edu/diversity/programs/diversity-360" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Diversity 360</a> program are to:
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Increase capacity to recognize and engage in dialogue across the breadth of differences:</li>
<li>Deepen understanding of how affiliations in privileged and marginalized groups impact treatment on campus, campus climate and productivity;</li>
<li>Deepen awareness of types of microaggressions and how they affect experiences on campus and in the local community; and</li>
<li>Discover ways to become a change agent and diversity champion with new knowledge, ideas and resources about university policies, programs and best practices.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
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Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff

Case Western Reserve University receives an “F” grade for having a Bias Response Team. Bias Reporting Systems and Response Teams are systems or teams of faculty, staff, and sometimes law enforcement.
According to <a href="https://speechfirst.org/bias-reporting-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeechFirst</a>, students are “encouraged to report ‘bias incidents’ to these boards (or teams) in the name of inclusion and tolerance, but it’s often unclear what the school considers ‘bias’ in the first place. Overly broad or vague definitions of bias put all kinds of speech at risk of being reported – even unpopular speech which is protected by the First Amendment.”
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Bias Reporting System or Bias Response Team

Case Western Reserve University receives a “B-” grade for the Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs. Out of a list of 20 clubs (10 from each side), <a href="https://community.case.edu/club_signup?group_type=&amp;search=Progressive&amp;category_tags=&amp;order=name_asc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the university</a> has two right-leaning clubs compared to three left-leaning clubs. The Federalist Society and Case Western Libertarians are the two right-leaning clubs. Radical Student Union, The Feminist Collective, and Students for Justice in Palestine are the three left-leaning clubs.
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Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs

Case Western Reserve University receives a “C” grade due to having no active Turning Point USA chapter. While there is no Turning Point USA chapter on campus, the university has not outright banned one. Unfortunately, universities and Student Governments around the country often use their power to prevent certain clubs from operating on campus.
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Denied Turning Point USA Chapter

Case Western Reserve University receives a “F” grade for the Amount of Foreign Funding Received. According to <a href="https://sites.ed.gov/foreigngifts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">College Foreign Gift Reporting</a>, the total amount of foreign funding the university has received is $21,551.75 per current undergraduate student. Oftentimes, foreign parties will convey their influence by funding certain courses, activities, professors, and organizations on campus. In certain cases, universities must abide by restrictions dictated by foreign parties to receive funding. In addition, there have been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-universities-took-billions-in-unreported-foreign-funds-u-s-finds-11603226953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that claim that universities underreport foreign funding. The figure above only takes into account reported foreign funding.
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Amount of Foreign Funding Received

Case Western Reserve University receives a &#8220;B&#8221; grade for Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students. The university&#8217;s &#8220;<a href="https://case.edu/ugstudies/programs-and-requirements/sages-requirements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAGES Requirements</a>&#8221; require students to pick a course from three categories:
<ul>
<li>&#8220;First Seminar: Natural World&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;First Seminar: Social World&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;First Seminar: Symbolic World&#8221;</li>
</ul>
Examples of courses in the <a href="https://bulletin.case.edu/course-descriptions/fsso/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Social World</a> category include, but are not limited to, &#8220;Reading Social Justice: The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards&#8221; and &#8220;Identities and Social Inequality.&#8221; However, these courses can be bypassed in favor of unbiased options.
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Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students

Case Western Reserve University receives a “B” grade for Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes. The university has two segregated convocations (<a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://case.edu/lgbt/events-programs/lavender-graduation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lavender</a> Graduation and <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://thedaily.case.edu/black-graduation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Black</a> Graduation).
The university has no segregated classes or dormitories.
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Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes

Case Western Reserve University receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for Boycotting, Divesting, and Sanctioning Israel (BDS). According to the <a href="https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/campus-divestment-resolutions#21" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish Virtual Library</a>, there have been three attempts to pass campus legislature regarding BDS of Israel since the 2017-18 school year. The first two attempts failed in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, and the 2022-23 resolution passed.
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Boycotting, Divesting, and Sanctioning Israel

Case Western Reserve University receives an “A” grade for Protests and Canceling Speakers. Since 2021, no instances of protests, speech cancelations, or violence/attempted violence against speakers have occurred.
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Protests and Canceling Speakers

Case Western Reserve University receives a &#8220;C&#8221; grade for Mask and Vaccine Mandates. According to the university&#8217;s <a href="https://case.edu/covid19/campus-protocols" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, &#8220;The university has lifted its COVID-19 vaccine requirements for most faculty, staff and students—but strongly encourages everyone to stay current with their COVID-19 immunizations.&#8221;
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Mask and Vaccine Mandates

Case Western Reserve University receives an “A-” grade for the Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees. According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Center (<a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPEDS</a>), as of 2020, 13.40% of the current undergraduate student population graduate with a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) degree. Across the United States, students who graduate with STEM degrees tend to earn more on average than their other student counterparts.
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Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees

Case Western Reserve University receives an “F” grade for Crime Rates in University City or Town. According to the <a href="https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>, the Cleveland, Ohio violent crime rate was 1449.57 per 100,000 people in 2018, much higher than the 2018 national average of 380.56 per 100,000 people. While campus safety is of utmost importance, it is also pertinent to consider the crime rates of the surrounding town or city as students often tend to venture off campus, especially after their freshman year.
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Crime Rates in University City or Town

Case Western Reserve University receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for the Required Western Civilization Courses for Students. The <a href="https://sages.case.edu/spring-course-descriptions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> does not require any course or category of courses designed to teach students about the history of the United States and Western Civilization as a whole.
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Required Western Civilization Courses for Students

Cleveland

Check out why Case Western Reserve University received an F grade in our Report Card below.

Case Western Reserve University is a private university in Cleveland, Ohio with an undergraduate enrollment size of 5,792. The university was founded in 1826 as the Western Reserve College and became Case Western Reserve University in 1967. Over 1,500 students are actively involved in one of the 16 fraternities or 10 sororities on campus, and many more are affiliated with a student club. Students have the opportunity to immerse themselves in Cleveland's vibrant culture by exploring its diverse array of restaurants, shopping districts, as well as attending collegiate and professional sporting events. The university's official mascot is Spartie the Spartan and students and sports teams are referred to as "Spartans."

Case Western Reserve University offers over 100 undergraduate programs, around 160 graduate and professional options, and more than 145 dual degrees. Notable former students include NBA player Manute Bol, Nike Air Sole inventor Marion Frank Rudy, and Mayor of Cleveland Justin Bibb.

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