2024 Best Actuarial Science Master's Degree Schools in California

If you plan on getting your master's degree in actuarial science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #257 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for actuarial science students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 master's degrees in actuarial science during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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 actuarial science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of actuarial science students who choose to seek a master'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized actuarial science related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Actuarial Science Master's Degree Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Actuarial Science in California

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in actuarial science.

Top California Schools for a Master's in Actuarial Science

1

University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

73 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in actuarial science needs to check out University of California - Los Angeles. UCLA is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Los Angeles.More information about a master’s in actuarial science from University of California - Los Angeles

2

University of California - Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of California - Santa Barbara if you wish to pursue a master's degree in actuarial science. UCSB is a very large public university located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.More information about a master’s in actuarial science from University of California - Santa Barbara

Best Actuarial Science Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Actuarial Science Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded

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Rankings in Majors Related to Actuarial Science

Actuarial Science is one of 3 different types of Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Actuarial Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Management Science	2,790
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	489
Business Statistics	122

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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