Actuarial Science at Bentley University

If you are interested in studying actuarial science, you may want to check out the program at Bentley University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Bentley is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 5,177. Of the 933 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bentley University in 2021, 28 of them were actuarial science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Actuarial Science section at the bottom of this page.

Bentley Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Bentley Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at Bentley compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The actuarial science major at Bentley is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Actuarial Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	4
	6
	10
	12
	24
	61

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Bentley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the actuarial science majors at Bentley University.

Bentley Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of actuarial science bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at Bentley are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Bentley University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Bentley also has a doctoral program available in actuarial science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
• Business Statistics

Careers That Actuarial Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in actuarial science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Bentley University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Insurance Underwriters	2,410	$82,540
Actuaries	1,260	$114,050

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Rob1646 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.