Insurance at Ferris State University

If you plan to study insurance, take a look at what Ferris State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Ferris is located in Big Rapids, Michigan and has a total student population of 11,165. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in insurance from Ferris.

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

Ferris Insurance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance

Ferris Insurance Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the insurance progam at Ferris 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 insurance major at Ferris is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Insurance. 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
	2
	9
	20
	57
	62

Insurance Student Demographics at Ferris

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the insurance majors at Ferris State University.

Ferris Insurance Bachelor’s Program

The insurance program at Ferris awarded 2 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in insurance at Ferris 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 Ferris State University with a bachelor's in insurance.

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

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

Concentrations Within Insurance

Insurance majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ferris State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Insurance	2

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Human Resource Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Hospitality Management

Careers That Insurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in insurance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Ferris State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Insurance Sales Agents	11,130	$66,910
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140
Auto Damage Insurance Appraisers	220	$61,120

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.