Actuaries estimate risk. While working as an actuary, you?ll have the opportunity to solve problems and make important contributions in both the public and private sectors. A recent article in?The Wall Street Journal?listed the occupation as the second best job in the United States.?CNN Money?named actuarial science one of the top 15 most lucrative college degrees.

Drake University has one of the best actuarial science programs in the nation and is one of the few private university actuarial science programs in the Midwest with a full set of actuarial science courses taught by actuaries. Drake is one of 15 universities in the United States to be recognized as a Center for Actuarial Excellence by the?Society of Actuaries. This means you will learn from some of the highest caliber faculty and receive an outstanding education.