<p>Actuarial Science is not part of a math department- it is in a business school. Those majors take some advanced math but math majors don’t typically do the business school courses. The advanced math course was routine for math majors at son’s flagship but considered difficult by those from the business school. Getting a masters in such a limited field as financial math doesn’t seem as practical as doing a more comprehensive applied math degree. I suspect most US students will be elegible for programs with a broader range of opportunities and ignore this narrow option. Perhaps those students have jobs waiting for them with these added courses.</p>