Thinking of major in Accounting, Actuarial Science or Math.
I think we have a pretty good list of schools in mind, but wanted to see what CC has to suggest.
Stats 3.75UW, 1390 SAT. Looking for schools within driving distance of NYC (i.e 6-7 hours max), smaller (<5,000 students), and not in a city. Happy to chase merit over brand name because $60k/yr is not realistic.
Bryant.
https://www.soa.org/institutions/ may help with colleges for actuarial preparation.
Lebanon Valley College in PA.
Isn’t Temple University really good at actuarial science?
URichmond.
Look at the schools in the above link. Keep in mind each schools curriculum might be slightly different. Some will end with you taking 3 tests of the 9 needed and some up to 5 which is rare. That means also your starting pay point. I am taking about Actuarial Sciences. My son was looking at it before deciding on Industrial engineering.
As an aside. Actuarial Science professionals have a pretty good life. Nice pay, low stress. Good hours. But look into AI overtaking all these fields. It doesn’t concern me yet but it’s something to at least look into.
I don’t think these all have actuarial science (the list above will help you with that) but some smaller/mid-sized schools in driving distance of NYC but not in a city where you might chase some merit aid you might consider Fairfield, Siena (has actuarial science), Marist, Quinnippiac. If you are in NY State and money is a factor you should seriously consider SUNY schools – SUNY Genesco, SUNY and New Paltz are a couple of good mid-sized college options.
Bryant hits the mark on all of these but is expensive. Those stats might yield some good merit, though. I have a freshman there in the business program and the resources and opportunities they provide students are really superb.