Actuarial Science at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 95 students received a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Actuarial Science Degrees Available

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

UIUC Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at UIUC 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 UIUC 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
	2
	2
	3
	7
	11
	12
	30

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in actuarial science from UIUC. This makes it the #7 most popular school for actuarial science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at UIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the actuarial science majors at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

UIUC Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 95 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in actuarial science from UIUC in 2021, 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	27
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC Actuarial Science Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Actuarial Science from UIUC in 2020-2021, 47% were men and 53% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in actuarial science.

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

UIUC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Insurance Underwriters	5,780	$75,690
Business Professors	4,030	$107,910
Actuaries	1,950	$110,430

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.