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

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

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” 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” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students.

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

#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 #1 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 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 $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read more about Actuarial Science at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Oklahoma. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 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. It costs about $16,562 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students per year to attend UCO.

Full University of Central Oklahoma Actuarial Science Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, 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 ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students.

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

Full ASU - Tempe Actuarial Science Report

#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 #4 for the Best Value Actuarial Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 38 students 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. The estimated yearly cost for UT Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

Full UT Dallas Actuarial Science Report

#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. TCU is a fairly large school located in Fort Worth, Texas that handed out 9 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2019-2020.

TCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for TCU is $36,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Actuarial Science students.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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%.

Read full report on 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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