Returning Students
If you have not yet submitted your 2009-2010 FAFSA, please do so as soon as possible after you and your parents have completed your 2008 federal tax returns. The Case Form is available for completion by logging into briefCase on the left-hand side of this page. Need-based financial aid could be limited or even unavailable to students who are late in completing the application process. The deadline for all Financial Aid documents is May 15, 2009.
NEW APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2009-2010: Tax documents are NOT required unless requested by the Office of Financial Aid. An email notification will be sent to you if these documents are required.
Processing Timelines
You may check the status of your application by accessing your briefCase account. You may also verify what additional documents are needed to complete your application. Please allow 5 days for processing documents submitted during peak periods due to the large volume of applications. Because briefCase is not updated in real-time, please allow 48 hours for the information to be updated during non-peak times.
Please submit signed and completed application materials to the following address:
University Financial Aid
Case Western Reserve University
417-A Yost Hall
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7049
Documents may also be faxed to (216) 368-5054. Please make sure you include the student's name and student ID on the documents.
FAFSA School Codes
Undergraduates: 003137
School of Dental Medicine: E00078
Weatherhead School of Management (MBA, M.Acc., MNO): E00080
School of Law: E00082
Nursing Graduate (DNP, MSN, Ph.D.): E00083
Mandel School of Applied Social Science: E00084
School of Graduate Studies – Engineering: E00680
School of Graduate Studies – Arts & Science: E00681
Financing a college education is an important consideration for nearly every student. At Case Western Reserve University, we realize that increases in tuition, fees, and other expenses, combined with rising prices for other purchases that families incur, make it difficult for many students and parents to finance these costs themselves.
At Case, we operate a sophisticated program of financial aid and scholarship opportunities to assist students and to ease the financial burden that a college education may represent. We believe that every applicant offered admission should be able to attend, and that no student should be denied an education at Case simply for financial reasons.
Each year approximately 80 percent of our undergraduate students receive assistance from us, through need-based financial aid, merit-based academic awards and scholarships, or a combination of the two. You may be eligible for either or both forms of assistance. Explore the possibilities by applying for financial aid.