<p>In terms of prestige alone, definitely:</p>
<p>Northwestern >> NYU >>>>> Case Western</p>
<p>(Please don’t make a comment about how Case might have a better education in something, because OP asked about prestige alone).</p>
<p>Education-wise though, I think it goes
Northwestern >> Case Western = NYU (for different things)</p>
<p>Northwestern is hands down the best. They have many top notch programs in almost everything (engineering, medicine, journalism, etc…). Case Western is probably better than NYU for engineering since NYU doesn’t even have engineering XD but NYU is better for business and humanities. I believe their math department is pretty well respected as well.</p>