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

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 248 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 106 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree actuarial science students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

$17,379 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lock Haven University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

LHU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at LHU are $17,379, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$24,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s actuarial science students in 2019-2020.

Temple also took the #2 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Temple University are $24,236.

Read more about Actuarial Science at Temple

#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 96 masters’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at Carnegie Mellon

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science (With Aid)

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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