Actuarial Science at Ferris State University

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

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and approximately 13,250 students attend the school each year. Of the 553 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ferris State University in 2019, 4 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.

Ferris Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Ferris Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at Ferris compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The actuarial science major at Ferris 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
Most Focused Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Ferris

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

Ferris Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from Ferris. About 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Ferris since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at Ferris are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Management Science
• 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 MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.