Insurance at Boston University

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

Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 32,718 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Insurance section at the bottom of this page.

Boston U Insurance Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Insurance

Boston U Insurance Rankings

Insurance Student Demographics at Boston U

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the insurance majors at Boston University.

Boston U Insurance Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 insurance majors earned their master's degree from Boston U. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Of the students who received a insurance master's degree from Boston U, 71% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the insurance master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 21% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Boston University with a master's in insurance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Hospitality Management
• Marketing
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Insurance Grads May Go Into

A degree in insurance 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 Boston University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Insurance Sales Agents	7,030	$89,100
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	5,760	$76,150
Business Professors	4,050	$126,040
Insurance Underwriters	2,410	$82,540
Auto Damage Insurance Appraisers	680	$69,260

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 Cmcnicoll at English Wikipedia under License

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