<p>Is there an actuarial science degree or major? Do all 4 yr residential colleges offer such a degree?</p>
<p>What would be the best line of study to best prepare someone for work as an actuary?</p>
<p>Is there a ranking for 'best colleges for actuarial science' as there is for engineering, for example?</p>
<p>someone at school with me is majoring in biometry and statistics and wants to become an actuary, so probably anything stats-related would be good. (sidenote: i don’t actually know anything about being an actuary, but from talking to her, she seemed to know what she was doing haha)</p>
<p>I found this entry on the bureau of labor stats latest issue</p>
<p>[Actuaries[/url</a>]</p>
<p>says the outlook for competition for jobs outlook will be keen, meaning “the number of qualified candidates is expected to exceed the number of positions available”.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos041.htm[/url]”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos041.htm](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos041.htm]Actuaries[/url”>http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos041.htm)</a></p>
<p>looks like lots of people are, have been, or will be deciding to major in A.S.</p>
<p>Use the search on collegeboard.com. There were 95 schools offering degrees in actuarial science.</p>
<p>The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has established a list of universities which they have declared a “Center of Actuarial Excellence.” They are the following: </p>
<pre><code>* University of Connecticut