Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Actuarial Science is the 274th most popular major in the country with 2,065 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 92 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in actuarial science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent actuarial science programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the actuarial science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $75-$110k list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $17,373 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at ASU - Tempe

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UTSA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $18,275 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UTSA.

Read more about Actuarial Science at UTSA

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $20,552 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Actuarial Science at UT Dallas

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Central Oklahoma is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

UCO also made our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $21,330 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Actuarial Science at UCO

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2019-2020.

TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $33,664 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Actuarial Science at Texas Christian University

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to в±®.

Featured Information Systems Schools

Find Schools Near You