Actuarial Science at Mount Mercy University

If you plan to study actuarial science, take a look at what Mount Mercy University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Mount Mercy is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and has a total student population of 1,835. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from Mount Mercy.

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.

Mount Mercy Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Mount Mercy Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at Mount Mercy 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 Mount Mercy 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	15
Most Focused Actuarial Science Schools	17
Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	38
Best Actuarial Science Schools	43
Most Popular Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular Actuarial Science Schools	53

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Mount Mercy

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

Mount Mercy Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in actuarial science from Mount Mercy in 2019, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Mount Mercy since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at Mount Mercy are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Mount Mercy University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 IA, the home state for Mount Mercy University.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Insurance Underwriters	1,850	$71,680
Business Professors	1,110	$114,450
Actuaries	530	$107,390

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.