If you plan on majoring in actuarial science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #278 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Actuarial Science Schools in Minnesota ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 44 degrees in actuarial science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The actuarial science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Actuarial Science rankings. For our Best Overall Actuarial Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The actuarial science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Actuarial Science Schools in Minnesota.
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The schools below may not offer all types of actuarial science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in actuarial science needs to take a look at University of St Thomas Minnesota. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. A Best Colleges rank of #143 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UST MN is a great university overall.
There were roughly 33 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent year we have data available.
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in actuarial science. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Winona. This university ranks 23rd out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 3 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at SMU MN in the most recent data year.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in actuarial science. Located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 25th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 6 actuarial science students who graduated with this degree at MSU Moorhead in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The actuarial science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Actuarial Science rankings. For our Best Overall Actuarial Science School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
