A degree in insurance is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #325 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for insurance students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 223 degrees in insurance to qualified students.
The insurance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Insurance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Insurance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Insurance Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the insurance degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student who is interested in insurance needs to take a look at Saint Joseph's University. Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 12th out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 52 insurance students who graduated with this degree at St. Joe's in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Temple University if you wish to pursue a degree in insurance. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #147 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were about 159 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Gannon University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in insurance. Gannon is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Erie. This university ranks 32nd out of 109 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 11 insurance students who graduated with this degree at Gannon in the most recent year we have data available.
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Notes and References
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The insurance program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Insurance rankings. We derive our Best Overall Insurance School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
