2024 Best Actuarial Science Schools in Massachusetts
3Colleges in Massachusetts
71Actuarial Science Degrees Awarded
Actuarial Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #278 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of actuarial science. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 degrees in actuarial science during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of actuarial science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for actuarial science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Actuarial Science Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Actuarial Science in Massachusetts
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the actuarial science degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student pursuing a degree in actuarial science has to check out Bentley University. Bentley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Waltham. A Best Colleges rank of #32 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bentley is a great university overall.
There were approximately 33 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Bentley in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in actuarial science has to take a look at Boston University. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 25 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Western New England University if you wish to pursue a degree in actuarial science. Western New England is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Springfield. This university ranks 47th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were approximately 9 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Western New England 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).
Your choice of actuarial science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for actuarial science schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
