by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Actuarial Science is the 278th most popular major in the country with 2,206 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 156 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 127 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in actuarial science. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their actuarial science program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region list. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Maine at Farmington Actuarial Science Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bentley University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region. Bentley University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 81 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Assumption University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New England University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the New England Region list. Western New England is a private not-for-profit institution located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%.
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