Actuarial Science

Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

What is it about?

A program that focuses on the mathematical and statistical analysis of risk, and their applications to insurance and other business management problems. Includes instruction in forecasting theory, quantitative and non-quantitative risk measurement methodologies, development of risk tables, secondary data analysis, and computer-assisted research methods.

Numbers at a glance

168th

Popular nationwide

344

Search Rank on O's List

Colleges offer it

1,533

Graduates (2018-19)

Men: 886
Women: 647

Trends

Graduates

Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type

Median Graduating Class by College Type

Number of Colleges by Size

Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	101
Ohio State University-Main Campus	90
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	86
University of California-Santa Barbara	83
University of Connecticut	81
Temple University	67
Purdue University-Main Campus	65
Florida State University	62
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	54
Georgia State University	39

Average public university graduating class: 28 students.

Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates

Drake University	63
University of St Thomas	34
St John's University-New York	25
Brigham Young University-Provo	25
Maryville University of Saint Louis	22
Bentley University	22
Siena College	20
Butler University	19
Robert Morris University	18
Lebanon Valley College	16

Average private university graduating class: 9 students.

O's Insights on Actuarial Science

Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
68% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major	Graduates	Colleges
Management Science	3,806	93
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	1,619	33
Business Statistics	526	25