Actuarial Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 44,474 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 66 students received a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from Purdue.

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.

Purdue Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Purdue Actuarial Science Rankings

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

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 Purdue 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 Popular Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	7
Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
Most Focused Actuarial Science Schools	40

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 66 actuarial science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Purdue. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at Purdue since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	29
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Purdue 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
• Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Insurance Underwriters	1,290	$77,190
Actuaries	210	$100,950

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.