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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

5 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$26,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that 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.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in actuarial science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great actuarial science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the actuarial science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend ASU - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Actuarial Science at Arizona State University - Tempe

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students 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. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio is $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at UTSA

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Dallas is a large school located in Richardson, Texas that handed out 38 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UT Dallas.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at UT 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 Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k list. UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students whose families make more than $110k list, UCO has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Oklahoma is $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make more than $110k.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at University of Central Oklahoma

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. Texas Christian University 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 more than $110k list, TCU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend TCU.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Actuarial Science at TCU

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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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