by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,206 people earned their degree in actuarial science, making the major the 278th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 221 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 158 actuarial science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree actuarial science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roanoke College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Salem, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cleveland, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Middle Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Middle Tennessee State University is a large school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee that handed out 26 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Bob Jones University is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
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Anderson University South Carolina came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Anderson University South Carolina is a small school located in Anderson, South Carolina that handed out 4 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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High Point University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. High Point, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to 4 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%.
Florida State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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With a ranking of #9, Bellarmine University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s actuarial science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #10, Appalachian State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region list. Appalachian State is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 7 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Central Florida ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Actuarial Science Major in the Southeast Region list. UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s actuarial science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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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