Case Western Reserve University vs Carnegie Mellon University

Overview Comparison
Case Western Reserve UniversityCarnegie Mellon University
Collegedunia Score5.8 Out of 106.4 Out of 10
ranking (overall)# 53 US News 2024
# 164 Times Higher Education 2024
# 255 QS World University 2024
# 24 Times Higher Education 2024
# 24 US News 2024
# 52 QS World University 2024
Subject Strength# 53 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 25 for Medicine by US News 2024
# 80 for Law by US News 2024
# 5 for Engineering by US News 2024
# 401 for Medicine by QS World University 2023
# 101 for Law by Academy Ranking of World Universities 2021
ProgramsUG Programs -48
PG Programs -54
Doctorate Programs -26
UG Programs -60
PG Programs -57
Doctorate Programs -27
Acceptance Rate35.4 %21.7 %
Exam ScoreGMAT - 610
GRE updated - 328
IELTS - 7
SAT - 1340
TOEFL - 90
IELTS - 7.5
SAT - 1430
TOEFL - 102
Cost to StudyAverage Tuition Fees   49804
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  44160
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 22614 Per Year
Average Tuition Fees   54244
[For UG Program]
Average Tuition Fees  48500
[For PG Program]
Hostel + Meal - 15864 Per Year
placement (average package)

Graduate Employability Ranking: #201-250
Highest paid CWRU graduates are financial service professionals with $240,000 average salary. 51.1% MBA graduates are employed right after graduation. Companies hiring graduates include Amazon, Bank of America, Nestle, Philips Healthcare, Keybank, Vertical Data and several Fortune 500 companies. 
Doctorate: $165,000
MBA: $138,000
Master in Science: $130,000
Bachelor of Science: $107,000


Average salary of university graduates is 98,000 USD per annum; Annual ROI is 6.8%; Top employers are Amazon, IBM, Apple, etc.
Graduate Employability ranks (2020): #39. 
Executive MBA: $169,000.
Masters in Finance: $155,000.
MBA: $140,000
Masters: $100,000


Campuses and B-SchoolsNACollege of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
Tepper School of Business
CollegeDunia Reviews6.1/10 Read 2 reviews8.3/10 Read 3 reviews
General Facts Comparison
General FactsCase Western Reserve UniversityCarnegie Mellon University
Type of UniversityUniversity
University
Established1826
1900
Student:Faculty Ratio7:1
14:1
Male:Female55% Male, 45% Female52% Male, 48% Female
Location Facts

Located in Cleveland Ohio, the campus is approximately 5 miles east of Downtown Cleveland. Adjacent to the historic Wade Park District it is surrounded by University Circle neighborhood (550 acres), the area is concentrated with educational, medical, and cultural institutions. A number of programs are taught in conjunction with nearby institutions.


Main campus is located 5 km away from Downtown Pittsburgh; Over 12 degree-granting campuses are located in six continents including Qatar and Silicon Valley


Library

The university operates 8 libraries including the main Kelvin Smith Library. The Astronomy Library holds 3,000 books, 4,000 periodical volumes, 480 observatory publications. Cleveland Health Sciences Library has 380,000 volumes and 1,700 journal subscriptions. Kulas Music Library houses 42,000 books on music. Lillian F and Milford J Harris Library holds 40,000 books and 700 media items.


University has 5 libraries: Hunt Library, Roger Sorrells Engineering & Science Library, Mellon Institute Library, Posner Library and Qatar Library; Hunt Library is solely dedicated to the research of botany, horticulture and history of the plant sciences


Campus Life

Minutes away from downtown Cleveland known as America’s Hottest City, CWRU is located in University Circle. Uptown district’s mix of dining, retail and nightlife makes it an ideal place to study. Popular restaurants include Chiptole, Panera, The Corner Alley where students bowl a game while grabbing a bite. Also Home to Sear think (box)- the, Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center for intramural programs, Health Science Quad.


Over 300 student organizations, activities and support services including Division of Student Affairs, Student Academic Success Center, Center for Diversity and Inclusion; Campus has an art store, bookstore, computer store, coffee shops, cafeterias and other dine options


Hostel#Rooms and Board - $16080
#On campus - $13784
#Off campus (with family) - $2080
Famous Alumni

17 Nobel Laureates are associated with CWRU in addition to Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (movie directors), Paul Buchheit (lead developer Gmail), Craig Newmark (founder of craigslist), Peter Tippett (vaccine developer), Larry Hurtado (scholar), Harvey Hilbert (psychologist), Peter Sterling (neuroscientist), Donand Knuth (scientist). 


Over 20 Nobel laureates, 124 Emmy Award recipients, 10 Academy Award recipients, 47 Tony Award recipients, 2 winners of the Stockholm Prize in Criminology; Steven Bocho (ten times recipient of Emmy Award); Charles Geschke (Co-founder of Adobe Systems); Randy Pausch (author of The Last Lecture); Edgar Mitchell (astronaut)


City Life

Cleveland is a major city in the state of Ohio located on the southern shore of Lake Erie across the U.S maritime border with Canada. Popularly known as the forest city, major cultural institutions include Cleveland Museum of Art, Orchestra and Roll Hall of Fame. It is the center of the Metropark Nature Reserve System. Ohio’s unemployment rate stands at 10.9% in June 2020 better than the national unemployment rate. 


Pittsburgh is 66th largest city in the USA and 2nd largest in Pennsylvania in terms of population; Popularly known as the Steel City; the Unemployment rate in January 2020 was 5.2%; Mining and logging, construction and manufacturing are the largest employing non-farm sectors of the city


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