2024 Best Insurance Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

Insurance is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #146 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Insurance Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 bachelor's degrees in insurance to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to insurance students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of insurance students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt insurance students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized insurance related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for insurance students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Insurance Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Insurance Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Insurance in New York

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for insurance students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Bachelor's in Insurance

1

St John's University - New York
Queens, NY

46 Annual Graduates

$61,996 Median Starting Salary

$24,125 Median Student Debt

St John's University - New York is a wonderful option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in insurance. Located in the city of Queens, STJ is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the insurance program at St John's University - New York make $11,617 above the standard graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

More information about a bachelor’s in insurance from St John’s University - New York

2

SUNY Oswego
Oswego, NY

19 Annual Graduates

$38,762 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in insurance needs to check out SUNY Oswego. SUNY Oswego is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Oswego.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the insurance program report average early career earnings of $38,762.

More information about a bachelor’s in insurance from SUNY Oswego

Best Insurance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Insurance Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	274	223
District of Columbia	126	4

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Insurance Related Rankings by Major

Insurance is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

Insurance Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Insurance	65

Majors Similar to Insurance

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	8,834
Accounting	4,449
Finance & Financial Management	2,940
General Business/Commerce	1,735
Marketing	1,711
Hospitality Management	1,063
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	813
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	690
General Sales & Marketing	509
Human Resource Management	502

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson. More about our data sources and methodologies.