2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Actuarial Science

ACTUARIAL SCIENCE DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

It is fairly unique to find an American college student studying actuarial science. Each major awards close to 6,200 undergrad degrees per annum; 1,633 students last spring received undergraduate degrees in actuarial science, making it the US' 167th most popular focus for undergraduate students. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign​ granted 103 of those degrees (#1 in the US), and colleges in Illinois gave out more degrees than any US State (155).

Four-year degrees in actuarial science are available at 109 colleges across the country; therefore, it is possibly challenging to rout out the right program. 43.2% fewer schools offer bachelor's degrees in actuarial science than the average focus, making it the 151st most broadly available subject in the nation.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While a touch greater than seven ninths of degrees in actuarial science last spring were four-year degrees; 21% were postgrad degrees. Actuarial science is the 187th most popular postgrad degree in the United States of America, with 432 degrees awarded. For some context, actuarial science is 84% less popular among master's & doctor's students than the average subject.

In Total, 2,065 students received a bachelor's or higher in actuarial science last May.

ONLINE ACTUARIAL SCIENCE DEGREES

17 of those 2,065 alumni (0.8%) received their degrees fully remotely - 7 undergrad students and 10 postgrad students. As you've probably gleaned by now, very few undergrad students choose to major in actuarial science online. It is presently the 228th most in-demand online concentration with 98.5% less online students than the average subject. For postgrad students, it ranks 240th, and is 98.4% below the US average (616).

Maryville University of Saint Louis​ conferred 7 online bachelor's degrees, more than any other U.S. institution.

Further, Colleges from Missouri granted the most online undergrad degrees in actuarial science last spring (7). The state alone graduates 100% of the United States' online students.

Just 0.4% of all four-year degrees in actuarial science are completed through an entirely remote program, (2.3% for graduate degrees). 1.06% of Maryville University of Saint Louis'​ last undergraduate class studied actuarial science remote, higher than any other U.S. institution.

Only one school countrywide hands out an undergrad degree in actuarial science comprehensively online, making it the 151st most broadly available remote US field. Less than 1% of the schools conferring the degree even have a fully online option, and around 100% of the colleges granting the degree online are private.

If you wish to study actuarial science remotely, you should consider applying to Maryville University of Saint Louis, as it has the 15th best actuarial science program in the United States. They also have an additional 51 degrees totally remotely, so you could try classes in another subject. Additionally, there are 1,326 remote college students enrolled, which is 30% of the whole student body.

PARTIALLY ONLINE ACTUARIAL SCIENCE DEGREES

• 381 students last May earned undergrad degrees in actuarial science partially online
• 103 schools nationwide offer a bachelor's degree in actuarial science partially online
• 23.33% of all undergrad degree in actuarial science are done partially online
• The University of Nebraska-Lincoln​ granted the most partially online bachelor's degrees in actuarial science in the USA (45)
• Last spring, 432 students completed graduate degrees in actuarial science partially online
• On average, each focus had about 1,368 partially online four-year degrees last May

IN-PERSON ACTUARIAL SCIENCE DEGREES

• 1,246 students last year received four-year degrees in actuarial science in-person
• Bachelor's degrees in actuarial science are available entirely in-person at 5 institutions around the nation
• Last year, 1,639 students earned a bachelor's or higher in actuarial science in-person
• The University of California-Santa Barbara​ granted 83 in-person four-year degrees in actuarial science, more than any other US institution
• 393 students earned fully in-person grad degrees in actuarial science last May
• The average in-person field hands out 6,102 yearly bachelor's degrees or higher