Actuarial Science at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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

UWM is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 27,012 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,029 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 2019, 8 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.

UWM Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

UWM Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at UWM 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 UWM 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	45
Most Popular Actuarial Science Schools	50
Best Actuarial Science Schools	64
Most Focused Actuarial Science Schools	89

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at UWM

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

UWM Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 8 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from UWM. 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 UWM since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at UWM 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 Wisconsin - Milwaukee with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UWM 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

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 WI, the home state for University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Insurance Underwriters	2,260	$68,670
Business Professors	1,210	$104,290
Actuaries	690	$106,850

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 Freekee under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.