Actuarial Science at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a actuarial science school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's actuarial science program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. In 2021, 2 actuarial science majors received their bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science
• Master’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Carnegie Mellon Actuarial Science Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The actuarial science major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

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In 2021, 86 students received their master’s degree in actuarial science from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #1 most popular school for actuarial science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science from Carnegie Mellon in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 59% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its actuarial science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon 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	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carnegie Mellon Actuarial Science Master’s Program

Of the 86 actuarial science students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carnegie Mellon, about 67% were men and 33% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	73
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Carnegie Mellon 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
• Management Science

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520
Insurance Underwriters	4,640	$77,300
Actuaries	1,610	$120,090

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.