If you plan on majoring in actuarial science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #278 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for actuarial science students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 104 degrees in actuarial science annually.
The actuarial science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Actuarial Science rankings. For our Best Overall Actuarial Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Actuarial Science Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of actuarial science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Ohio State University - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in actuarial science. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #70 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 76 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in actuarial science needs to check out Xavier University. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 10th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 7 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Xavier in the most recent data year.
Ashland University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in actuarial science. Located in the fringe town of Ashland, Ashland is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were approximately 1 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Ashland in the most recent data year.
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).
The actuarial science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Actuarial Science rankings. For our Best Overall Actuarial Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
