Actuarial Science at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,412 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,189 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Connecticut in 2019, 81 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.

UCONN Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Online Classes Are Available at UCONN

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UCONN offers distance education options for actuarial science at the following degree levels:

UCONN Actuarial Science Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The actuarial science major at UCONN 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 Online Actuarial Science Schools	2
Most Focused Actuarial Science Graduate Certificate Schools	4
Most Popular Actuarial Science Graduate Certificate Schools	4
Most Focused Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Focused Actuarial Science Schools	25

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 81 actuarial science majors earned their bachelor's degree from UCONN. Of these graduates, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	29
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

UCONN 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
• Management Science

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Insurance Underwriters	2,940	$85,010
Business Professors	990	$95,670
Actuaries	980	$132,910

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.