Actuarial Science at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 24,120. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from UD.

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.

UD Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

UD Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at UD 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 UD 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	10
Most Popular Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Actuarial Science Schools	41
Most Focused Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	78

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science from UD in 2018-2019, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% women. So female students are more repesented at UD since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at UD are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Business Statistics
• 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Insurance Underwriters	150	$67,330

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.