A degree in actuarial science is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #278 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Actuarial Science Schools in Iowa ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 74 degrees in actuarial science to qualified students.
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. We derive our Best Overall Actuarial Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Iowa ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the actuarial science degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in actuarial science needs to look into University of Iowa. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Iowa State University if you wish to pursue a degree in actuarial science. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames. This university ranks 2nd out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 8 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Drake University if you want to pursue a degree in actuarial science. Drake is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines. This university ranks 5th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 32 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at Drake 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. We derive our Best Overall Actuarial Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
