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Actuarial Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

Actuarial Science at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and approximately 46,655 students attend the school each year.

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.

Purdue Actuarial Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science

Purdue Actuarial Science Rankings

The actuarial science major at Purdue 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.

Actuarial Science Student Demographics at Purdue

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the actuarial science majors at Purdue University - Main Campus.

Purdue Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

38% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 62% of actuarial science bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

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About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in actuarial science at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 45
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Insurance Underwriters 1,290 $77,190
Actuaries 210 $100,950

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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