2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in California

A bachelor's degree in actuarial science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #178 out of 1137 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for actuarial science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 80 bachelor's degrees in actuarial science during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Actuarial Science in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in actuarial science.

Most Well Attended Schools for Actuarial Science Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

79 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of California - Santa Barbara if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in actuarial science. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in actuarial science in California. More information about a bachelor’s in actuarial science from University of California - Santa Barbara

2

California Baptist University
Riverside, CA

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

California Baptist University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in actuarial science. Located in the city of Riverside, Cal Baptist is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in actuarial science in California. More information about a bachelor’s in actuarial science from California Baptist University

Best Actuarial Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Actuarial Science Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	527	9

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Actuarial Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods area of study, Actuarial Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	593
Management Science	182
Business Statistics	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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