Actuarial Science at Bentley University

If you are interested in studying actuarial science, you may want to check out the program at Bentley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,460. Of the 933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University in 2019, 22 of them were actuarial science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Actuarial Science section at the bottom of this page.

Bentley Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Bentley Actuarial Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks actuarial science programs across the country. The following shows how Bentley performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The actuarial science major at Bentley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Actuarial Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Actuarial Science Schools	2
Most Focused Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Popular Actuarial Science Schools	28

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Bentley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the actuarial science majors at Bentley University.

Bentley Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in actuarial science from Bentley in 2019, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Bentley since its program graduates 17% more women than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at Bentley are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its actuarial science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bentley University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Bentley also has a doctoral program available in actuarial science. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
• Business Statistics

Careers That Actuarial Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in actuarial science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Bentley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Insurance Underwriters	2,410	$82,540
Actuaries	1,260	$114,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Rob1646 under License

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