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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$18,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#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 #1 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #3 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Dallas is $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students with aid.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at The University of Texas at Dallas

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 10 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

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 Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students with aid.

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

Read more about Actuarial Science at ASU - 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 #3 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UTSA is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

UTSA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,853 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students with aid per year to attend UTSA.

Full UTSA Actuarial Science Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #4 spot on the list. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #5 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students with aid per year to attend UCO.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at UCO

#5

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fort Worth, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at TCU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $36,811 for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Full Texas Christian University Actuarial Science Report

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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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