Case Western Reserve University Career Outcomes & Earnings

For students weighing return, Case Western Reserve University pairs a high earnings measure with a strong Azimuth return standing. Azimuth places its return pillar in the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $94,237 four years after completion, in the 95th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $8,900 more than the model expects for similar students.

That puts earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, in the 81st percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $10,580.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $1,680. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $68,250; the university's median is $25,987 above it. Above-peer earnings and higher-than-expected earnings point the same way.

At Case Western Reserve University, earnings can differ sharply across fields, so the earnings scenarios provide a range rather than a single outcome. The downside earnings scenario is $52,564, and the upside scenario is $117,704 four years after completion.

Program medians put that spread in concrete terms: Computer Science completers earn $143,580, Economics completers earn $114,601, and Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering completers earn $106,134, all four years after completion. The modeled range and these field results point to materially different earnings outcomes by academic option.

Graduate study is part of how to read the four-year earnings snapshot. An estimated 34.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Four-year earnings therefore describe completers who are working and not enrolled in further study.

Program choice matters sharply at Case Western Reserve University, where Computer Science has median earnings of $143,580 four years after completion. Azimuth ranks the field #34 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions, and it awarded 141 degrees.

Mechanical Engineering is another higher-earning large field, at $94,197; Azimuth ranks it #91 nationally, with 108 degrees awarded. The moderate-earning large fields tell a different part of the picture.

Psychology records $55,540 four years after completion, ranks #110 nationally in Azimuth, and awarded 101 degrees. Biology reports $53,604, with an Azimuth national rank of #255 and 116 degrees awarded.

The contrast between these fields shows why the schoolwide earnings figure does not describe every major equally.

Program choice carries wide earnings differences at Case Western Reserve University, which has 14 bachelor’s programs ranked by Azimuth among nonprofit four-year institutions. Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering ranks #13 nationally in its field, awarded 46 degrees, and shows median earnings of $106,134 four years after completion.

Computer Science ranks #34 nationally in its field, with 141 degrees awarded and median earnings of $143,580 four years after completion. Economics ranks #39 nationally in its field, awarded 67 degrees, and reports median earnings of $114,601 four years after completion.