2025 Best Actuarial Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in actuarial science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #181 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for actuarial science students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 111 bachelor's degrees in actuarial science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to actuarial science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of actuarial science students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized actuarial science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for actuarial science students working on their bachelor's degree.

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 Actuarial Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Actuarial Science in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in actuarial science.

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Actuarial Science

1

Bentley University
Waltham, MA

27 Annual Graduates

Bentley University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in actuarial science. Located in the city of Waltham, Bentley is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in actuarial science from Bentley University

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

74 Annual Graduates

University of Connecticut is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in actuarial science. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the town of Storrs.More information about a bachelor’s in actuarial science from University of Connecticut

Best Actuarial Science Colleges by State

Explore the best actuarial science colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	38
Connecticut	341	81
Maine	281	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Actuarial Science

Actuarial Science is one of 3 different types of Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Science	197
Business Statistics	196
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	177

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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