Friday, July 24, 2009

Actuarial Science a "Lucrative" Degree

“Actuarial Science” has made the list of the “Most Lucrative College Degrees,” according to CNN and its reporting on a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey. Act sci is the only degree in the top 14 that is not an engineering/CS degree.

The ranking is based on college graduates’ starting salaries. I suspect that, if future earnings potential and the possibility of salary increases in the first 5-10 years of a career were considered, actuarial science could well be ranked even higher.

As a whole, the list certainly suggests the importance and power of mathematical skills!

- Rick

Monday, July 6, 2009

Pensions and Actuaries

A commentary in today's Wall street Journal, "Public Pensions Cook the Books." It concerns how two public pension plans in Montana are handling their actuarial services. Must reading for actuaries...

- Rick