MS Actuarial Science

Actuaries work with all kinds of organizations to analyze data, assess risk, and estimate the probability and likely cost of occurrences such as death, sickness, injury, disability or loss of property. The Master of Science in Actuarial Science degree program educates future leaders of the actuarial industry by training them in actuarial theory and methods across a wide spectrum of actuarial applications involving probabilistic and statistical models.

The program offers students a wide variety of specialized courses in actuarial science, probability and statistics, financial mathematics, decision theory, economics and other related fields. Taught by top-tier faculty at The University of Texas at Dallas, Actuarial Science graduates have the proficiencies they need to take the seven professional actuarial examinations administered by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and to serve as actuaries in fields such as accounting, finance, insurance, consulting, government and emerging markets. The University of Texas at Dallas is recognized as the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Center of Actuarial Excellence (CAE), the highest level of SOA recognition for universities.