Best Universities for Actuarial Science in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Actuarial Science. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,038 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
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

2. Harvard University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

3. University of Chicago

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

4. New York University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

5. Stanford University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

7. University of California - Berkeley

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

8. Cornell University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

9. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

10. Columbia University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

11. University of Toronto

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

12. Yale University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

13. Georgia State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
100%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
97%

14. Ohio State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

15. University of California - Los Angeles

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

16. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

18. Duke University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

19. Boston University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

20. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

21. University of Washington - Seattle

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

22. University of Texas at Austin

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

23. University of Southern California

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

24. University of York

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

25. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

26. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

27. University of New South Wales

For Actuarial Science

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

28. Pennsylvania State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

29. Princeton University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

30. University of Waterloo

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

31. Boston College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,159

32. University of Oxford

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

33. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

34. Catholic University of Leuven

For Actuarial Science

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

35. University of Virginia

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

36. University of Florida

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

37. Carnegie Mellon University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

38. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

39. University of Zurich

For Actuarial Science

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

40. Michigan State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

41. University of Melbourne

For Actuarial Science

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

42. University of Iowa

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

43. University of Sydney

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

44. Tilburg University

For Actuarial Science

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

45. University of Amsterdam

For Actuarial Science

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

46. George Washington University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$31,240

47. University of Copenhagen

For Actuarial Science

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

48. London Business School

For Actuarial Science

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1964

49. Washington University in St Louis

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

50. City, University of London

For Actuarial Science

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1966

51. Vanderbilt University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

52. Monash University

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

53. University of Maryland - College Park

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

54. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

55. McMaster University

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
30,117
Founded
1887

56. University of Rochester

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

57. Dartmouth College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,078

59. Temple University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
72%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$11,292
Enrollment
35,626

60. Georgetown University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,049

61. University of Mannheim

For Actuarial Science

#13 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
11,800
Founded
1907

62. University of British Columbia

For Actuarial Science

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

63. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

64. University of Edinburgh

For Actuarial Science

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

65. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Actuarial Science

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

66. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

For Actuarial Science

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1937

67. Imperial College London

For Actuarial Science

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

68. University of Lausanne

For Actuarial Science

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

69. National University of Singapore

For Actuarial Science

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

70. Iowa State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

71. University of Cambridge

For Actuarial Science

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

72. Fordham University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$37,583

73. York University

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
53,000
Founded
1959

75. Maastricht University

For Actuarial Science

#20 in Europe
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

76. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Actuarial Science

#21 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
46,429
Founded
1914

77. University of Notre Dame

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,513

78. Johns Hopkins University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

79. Northwestern University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

80. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

81. Florida State University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
96%

82. University of California - Irvine

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

83. Stockholm School of Economics

For Actuarial Science

#22 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
24%
Enrollment
1,830
Founded
1909

84. Australian National University

For Actuarial Science

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1946

85. University of Connecticut

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

86. University of California-San Diego

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

87. University of Arizona

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

88. University of Bonn

For Actuarial Science

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

89. Western University

For Actuarial Science

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

90. University of Houston

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
85%

91. Bocconi University

For Actuarial Science

#24 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1902

92. University of Pittsburgh

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

93. Free University Amsterdam

For Actuarial Science

#25 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

94. University of Cologne

For Actuarial Science

#26 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

95. University of Sheffield

For Actuarial Science

#27 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

96. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$8,717
Enrollment
19,969

97. Emory University

For Actuarial Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

98. University of Nottingham

For Actuarial Science

#28 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

99. Tel Aviv University

For Actuarial Science

#3 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

100. University of Warwick

For Actuarial Science

#29 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965