Actuarial Science at Michigan State University

Every actuarial science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the actuarial science program at Michigan State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and approximately 49,695 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,532 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University in 2021, 23 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.

Michigan State Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Michigan State Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at Michigan State 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 Michigan 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
	17
	19

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Michigan State

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

Michigan State Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 actuarial science students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Michigan State, about 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Michigan State since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at Michigan State 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 Michigan State University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Michigan 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

• Business Statistics
• 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 MI, the home state for Michigan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 Jeffness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.