Actuarial Science at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from Georgia State.

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.

Georgia State Actuarial Science Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at Georgia State 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 Georgia State 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
	8
	18
	20
	51
	65

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in actuarial science from Georgia State. This makes it the #6 most popular school for actuarial science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 36 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in actuarial science from Georgia State in 2021, 44% were men and 56% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 14% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Georgia State Actuarial Science Master’s Program

The actuarial science program at Georgia State awarded 20 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Georgia State 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

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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Insurance Underwriters	6,020	$81,290
Business Professors	1,930	$94,670
Actuaries	210	$118,790

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.