Actuarial Science at University of California - Santa Barbara

Every actuarial science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the actuarial science program at University of California - Santa Barbara stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and approximately 26,179 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.

UCSB Actuarial Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Actuarial Science
• Master’s Degree in Actuarial Science

UCSB Actuarial Science Rankings

The actuarial science major at UCSB 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 UCSB

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the actuarial science majors at University of California - Santa Barbara.

UCSB Actuarial Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of actuarial science bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical actuarial science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at UCSB since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its actuarial science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	5
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UCSB Actuarial Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of actuarial science master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

In the actuarial science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 7% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Santa Barbara with a master's in actuarial science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Management Science

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Barbara.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Insurance Underwriters	9,130	$88,140
Business Professors	4,980	$137,530
Actuaries	1,410	$120,680

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 Nandaro under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.