Best Universities for Actuarial Science in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Actuarial Science. A graph of 4.84M citations received by 301K academic papers made by 1,147 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Pennsylvania

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

2. Harvard University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

3. University of Chicago

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

4. New York University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

5. Cornell University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

6. Stanford University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

8. University of California - Berkeley

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

9. Columbia University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

11. Duke University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

12. University of Toronto

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

13. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

14. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

15. Yale University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

16. Ohio State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

19. University of Hong Kong

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

20. University of Southern California

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

21. University of Texas at Austin

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

22. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

23. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

24. Catholic University of Leuven

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

25. Boston University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

26. Pennsylvania State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

27. University of New South Wales

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

28. University of York

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

29. University of Washington - Seattle

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

30. Georgia State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
95%

31. Princeton University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,698

32. University of Oxford

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

33. Boston College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,559

34. University of Waterloo

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Canada
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

35. Carnegie Mellon University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$33,499

36. University of Amsterdam

For Actuarial Science

#6 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

37. University of Florida

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

38. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

39. University of Zurich

For Actuarial Science

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

40. University of Melbourne

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

41. Johns Hopkins University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

42. Georgetown University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$35,566

43. Tilburg University

For Actuarial Science

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
17,378
Founded
1927

44. University of Iowa

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

45. University of Rochester

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

46. London Business School

For Actuarial Science

#9 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1964

48. University of Sydney

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

49. Michigan State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

50. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Actuarial Science

#11 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

51. George Washington University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$42,723

52. Washington University in St Louis

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

53. University of Virginia

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

54. McMaster University

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

55. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Actuarial Science

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

56. Dartmouth College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$19,208

58. Monash University

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

59. Temple University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
80%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,575
Enrollment
33,196

60. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$12,381
Enrollment
80,065

61. University of British Columbia

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

62. University of Maryland - College Park

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
63%

63. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

64. University of Copenhagen

For Actuarial Science

#14 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

65. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

66. Australian National University

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
71%
Founded
1946

67. Vanderbilt University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

68. National University of Singapore

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

70. University of Mannheim

For Actuarial Science

#16 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Enrollment
11,532
Founded
1907

71. Maastricht University

For Actuarial Science

#17 in Europe
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

72. University of Cambridge

For Actuarial Science

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

73. Northwestern University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

74. Emory University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

75. University of Lausanne

For Actuarial Science

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
16,919

76. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

77. University of Georgia

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
94%

78. University of Edinburgh

For Actuarial Science

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

79. Western University

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
21,836
Founded
1878

80. University of California-San Diego

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

81. Stockholm School of Economics

For Actuarial Science

#21 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
1,830
Founded
1909

82. Imperial College London

For Actuarial Science

#22 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

83. Florida State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
93%

85. Fordham University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$43,943

86. York University

For Actuarial Science

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

87. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
23%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

88. University of California - Irvine

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

89. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1374
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$13,521

91. University of Notre Dame

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,474

92. Norwegian School of Economics

For Actuarial Science

#25 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
3,453
Founded
1936

93. University of Bonn

For Actuarial Science

#26 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

94. Bocconi University

For Actuarial Science

#27 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Founded
1902

95. Iowa State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
89%

96. University of Arizona

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

97. Free University Amsterdam

For Actuarial Science

#28 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

99. George Mason University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

100. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%