Actuarial Science at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. Of the 1,088 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2021, 4 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.

UPenn Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

UPenn Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at UPenn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The actuarial science major at UPenn 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
	23
	54
	74

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in actuarial science from UPenn. This is the #23 most popular school for actuarial science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in actuarial science from UPenn in 2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 34% 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 University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

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

UPenn 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
• 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Business Professors	5,490	$91,520
Insurance Underwriters	4,640	$77,300
Actuaries	1,610	$120,090

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 WestCoastivieS under License

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