@Pancho98 Just an opinion, I am in no way associated with Case beyond being a parent of a white student.
Many small colleges struggle to recruit well qualified minority candidates. There are programs like MITES, Quest Bridge and others that help the very top schools like MIT find the best minority candidates. The midwest has some powerhouse schools like Michigan, UIUC,not to mention Ohio State and I think many minority candidates are winning more scholarships at Flagship public programs. I do not think Case Western is discriminating in a negative way. I think they do their best to diversify, but all small private schools in the midwest are struggling to reach out to minority candidates.
However, given that there are many minority candidates right in Ohio,I do find CWRU’s numbers slightly troubling. Cleveland has very divided neighborhoods, with some having much better public schools. Charter schools seem strong in Cleveland. I am wondering myself if CWRU does reach out to all the best high schools in Ohio. I don’t know the answer. Most of Case’s undergrads are coming from the northeast and midwest and Texas. All the places Case gets the most students have very strong public flagship universities that will cost less than Case Western, for instate students. So it may be about the amount of scholarship money available. Schools like Stanford and MIT can afford
to give very generous aid, and as they do not offer merit. Case Western offers moderately good aid, and outstanding merit based awards.