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2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Actuarial Science is the 274th most popular major in the country with 2,065 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 92 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in actuarial science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality actuarial science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the actuarial science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Arizona State University - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Tempe is $7,044 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Actuarial Science at Arizona State University - Tempe

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,516 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UTSA.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large public school situated in Richardson, Texas. It awarded 38 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also made our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $10,857 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Texas at Dallas.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Actuarial Science at The University of Texas at Dallas

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCO is a fairly large school located in Edmond, Oklahoma that handed out 8 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $12,297 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make $0-$30k list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $21,286 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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