2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in California (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across California, there were 178 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 98 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in actuarial science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality actuarial science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the actuarial science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$28,131 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this large public school handed out 81 diplomas to qualified masters’s actuarial science students in 2019-2020.

UCLA also made our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Los Angeles are $28,131, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Actuarial Science at University of California - Los Angeles

#2

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

#2 in overall quality

$28,670 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #2 spot on the list. UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

UCSB also made our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCSB are $28,670, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at UCSB

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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.

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