Actuarial Science at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,313 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 2021, 10 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.

NYU Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

NYU Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at NYU 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 NYU 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
	39
	45

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science from NYU in 2020-2021, 60% were men and 40% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NYU 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
• 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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Insurance Underwriters	8,430	$92,810
Actuaries	2,320	$150,950

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.