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2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
135 Degrees Awarded
$26,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

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 Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” 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 New England region, there were 173 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 135 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in actuarial science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality actuarial science programs that also have a lower cost than 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 New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Actuarial Science in the New England Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #1 spot on the list. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UMaine Farmington not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine at Farmington is $14,548 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students.

Read more about Actuarial Science at University of Maine at Farmington

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 85 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also made our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $22,012 for new england region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students per year to attend UCONN.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Actuarial Science at UCONN

#3

Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New England University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Western New England, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western New England University is $30,079 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Western New England Actuarial Science Report

#4

Assumption University

Worcester, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Assumption University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Assumption University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students list, Assumption has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $28,466 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students per year to attend Assumption University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Read more about Actuarial Science at Assumption University

#5

Bentley University

Waltham, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bentley University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2019-2020.

Bentley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $38,986 for new england region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students per year to attend Bentley University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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 Bentley 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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