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2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
199 Degrees Awarded
$31,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,065 people earned their degree in actuarial science, making the major the 274th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 460 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 199 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in actuarial science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent actuarial science programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree actuarial science students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in New York, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 80 diplomas to qualified masters’s actuarial science students in 2019-2020.

Columbia also took the #2 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Columbia are $51,194, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Columbia Actuarial Science Report

#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Towson University is located in Towson, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

Towson also took the #0 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson University are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at Towson

#3

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lock Haven University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Lock Haven University is a small school located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania that handed out 4 masters’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LHU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at LHU are $17,379, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full LHU Actuarial Science Report

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Temple University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s actuarial science degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Temple did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Temple are $24,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Temple University Actuarial Science Report

#5

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s actuarial science degrees to 96 students in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Carnegie Mellon Actuarial Science Report

#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, St John’s University - New York did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. St John’s University - New York is located in Queens, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.

STJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Actuarial Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at STJ are $30,666, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Actuarial Science at STJ

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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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