2023 Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 2,206 people earned their degree in actuarial science, making the major the 278th most popular in the United States.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 20 colleges that offered a degree in actuarial science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality actuarial science programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the actuarial science program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree vets studying actuarial science.
Top 20 Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 6 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, ASU - Tempe supports 74,795 students, and 7,566 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 3,828 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,068. To help with additional expenses, 672 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. ASU - Tempe does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 6 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Ohio State also made our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9.Of the 61,369 students enrolled at Ohio State University - Main Campus, 2 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s list. UCLA is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 73 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
UCLA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 44,589 students enrolled at University of California - Los Angeles, 7 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,071. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of California - Los Angeles]](/colleges/university-of-california-los-angeles/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s actuarial science degrees to 86 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carnegie Mellon, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 13,519 students enrolled at Carnegie Mellon, 117 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 72 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $18,422. On top of their other funding sources, 36 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s. UIUC is a large school located in Champaign, Illinois that handed out 17 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
UIUC also took the #4 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 52,679 students enrolled at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UIUC]](/colleges/university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/student-life/veterans/)
University of Iowa landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified masters’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 30,318 students enrolled at Iowa were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Drexel University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Drexel University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 58 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Drexel also made our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10.Among the 23,589 students enrolled at Drexel, 2 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Drexel Veteran Student Life Report
Boston University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Boston University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 29 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Boston U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 32,718 students enrolled at Boston U, 15 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $25,162. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. UT Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 7 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying actuarial science list, UT Dallas has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 752 of the 28,669 students enrolled at UT Dallas were GI Bill® students, of which 458 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,706. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at The University of Texas at Dallas]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-dallas/student-life/veterans/)
University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
UNL also made our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12.According to our most recent data, University of Nebraska - Lincoln supports 25,108 students, and 690 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 344 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,374. In addition to receiving other benefits, 79 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln Veteran Student Life Report
Georgia State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 masters’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.
Georgia State also took the #17 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 36,360 students enrolled at Georgia State, 1,873 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 662 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,934. During this same period, 2 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Georgia State University]](/colleges/georgia-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Columbia University in the City of New York landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 47 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 739 of the 30,135 students enrolled at Columbia University in the City of New York were GI Bill® students, of which 467 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $22,069. In addition to receiving other benefits, 328 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Columbia Veteran Student Life Report
Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 3 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Maryville U also took the #14 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Maryville University of Saint Louis supports 10,979 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,372. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Maryville University of Saint Louis does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Maryville University of Saint Louis Veteran Student Life Report
Towson University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Located in Towson, Maryland, this large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
Towson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 21,917 students enrolled at Towson, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,999. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Towson Veteran Student Life Report
Temple University ranked #15 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s list. Temple University is a large school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Temple also took the #11 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 37,236 students enrolled at Temple University, 830 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 510 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,479. During this same period, 9 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Temple University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Temple Veteran Student Life Report
University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. University of California - Santa Barbara is a large public school situated in Santa Barbara, California. It awarded 17 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
UCSB also took the #13 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 26,179 students enrolled at University of California - Santa Barbara, 286 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 128 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,510. During this same period, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
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Ball State University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s actuarial science degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying actuarial science list, Ball State has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 455 of the 21,597 students enrolled at Ball State were GI Bill® students, of which 182 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,124. On top of their other funding sources, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Ball State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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St John’s University - New York came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking. St John’s University - New York is a fairly large school located in Queens, New York that handed out 12 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at STJ, the school also landed the #16 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 20,143 students enrolled at St John’s University - New York, 11 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 10 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,047. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full STJ Veteran Student Life Report
Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #19. Roosevelt University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 3 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying actuarial science list, Roosevelt has also earned the #19 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 4,680 students enrolled at Roosevelt, 95 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 43 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $12,071. To help with additional expenses, 20 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Roosevelt does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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Lock Haven University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Actuarial Science for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #20. Lock Haven University is a small public school situated in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our master’s degree vets studying actuarial science list, LHU has also earned the #20 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, LHU supports 3,163 students, and 129 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 53 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,581. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. LHU offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full LHU Veteran Student Life Report
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