Best Universities for Actuarial Science in the World

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Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Actuarial Science. A graph of 7.14M citations received by 336K academic papers made by 1,241 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
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

2. Harvard University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

3. University of Chicago

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

4. New York University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

5. Stanford University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

6. Cornell University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

7. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

8. University of California - Berkeley

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

10. Columbia University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

11. Yale University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

12. Duke University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

13. University of Toronto

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

14. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Actuarial Science

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

15. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

16. University of California - Los Angeles

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

17. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

18. Ohio State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

19. University of Southern California

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

20. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

21. Princeton University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,811

22. University of Hong Kong

For Actuarial Science

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

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

24. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

25. University of Washington - Seattle

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

26. University of Oxford

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

27. Boston College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$32,590

28. Carnegie Mellon University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$32,964

29. Catholic University of Leuven

For Actuarial Science

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

30. Boston University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

31. University of New South Wales

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

33. Johns Hopkins University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

34. Georgia State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
94%

35. Pennsylvania State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

36. University of York

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

37. Northwestern University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

38. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

39. University of Amsterdam

For Actuarial Science

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

40. University of Florida

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

41. University of Melbourne

For Actuarial Science

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

42. University of Virginia

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

44. Georgetown University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$37,967

45. Dartmouth College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$17,322

46. Tilburg University

For Actuarial Science

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

47. University of Rochester

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

48. University of Iowa

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

49. George Washington University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$45,466

51. McMaster University

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Canada
Enrollment
27,965
Founded
1887

52. University of Zurich

For Actuarial Science

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

53. Washington University in St Louis

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

54. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

55. London Business School

For Actuarial Science

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1964

56. Michigan State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

58. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Actuarial Science

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

59. University of Maryland - College Park

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
65%

60. University of British Columbia

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

61. University of Sydney

For Actuarial Science

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

62. University of Copenhagen

For Actuarial Science

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

63. Emory University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

64. University of California-San Diego

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

65. Temple University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$11,891
Enrollment
30,205

66. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
90%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$11,992
Enrollment
79,593

67. Vanderbilt University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

68. University of Cambridge

For Actuarial Science

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

69. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

70. National University of Singapore

For Actuarial Science

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

71. Australian National University

For Actuarial Science

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

72. University of Lausanne

For Actuarial Science

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
16,908

73. University of Georgia

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

75. University of California - Irvine

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

76. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

77. Imperial College London

For Actuarial Science

#18 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

78. Monash University

For Actuarial Science

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

79. York University

For Actuarial Science

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

80. University of Mannheim

For Actuarial Science

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

81. Florida State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

82. Western University

For Actuarial Science

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

83. University of Edinburgh

For Actuarial Science

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

84. University of Notre Dame

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,083

85. Maastricht University

For Actuarial Science

#21 in Europe
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

86. Bocconi University

For Actuarial Science

#22 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Founded
1902

87. Free University Amsterdam

For Actuarial Science

#23 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

89. Fordham University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,368

90. University of Arizona

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

91. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$14,643

92. Norwegian School of Economics

For Actuarial Science

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

95. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1991

96. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

97. Stockholm School of Economics

For Actuarial Science

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

98. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Actuarial Science

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

99. Anderson University - South Carolina

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$22,222

100. Tel Aviv University

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956