Actuarial Science at Western New England University

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

Western New England is located in Springfield, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 3,673. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in actuarial science from Western New England.

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.

Western New England Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Western New England Actuarial Science Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the actuarial science progam at Western New England 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 Western New England 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
	28
	36
	86
	94
	104

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Western New England

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

Western New England Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 actuarial science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Western New England. Of these graduates, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Western New England since its program graduates 25% 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 Western New England University with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Western New England also has a doctoral program available in actuarial science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 MA, the home state for Western New England University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Insurance Underwriters	2,410	$82,540
Actuaries	1,260	$114,050

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 Bpayne4001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.