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COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES WITH INSURANCE DEGREES/CERTIFICATES

View educational institutions that offer undergraduate or graduate degrees and/or certificates in insurance—including actuarial science or risk management. The directory listings are in alphabetical order and listed by state.

  • Troy University

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA; MBA

    • Major: Risk Management & Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The University has four (4) US regions: Atlantic, Florida/Western Region, Pacific Region, Southeast Region and International sites in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

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    University of Alabama

    • Degrees Offered: BA

    • Major: Finance

    • Curriculum: Business Risk Management; Property & Liability Insurance; Life & Health Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: The University offers distance education and independent study education.

  • University of Central Arkansas

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Insurance & Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Life & Health Insurance; Property & Liability Insurance; Risk & Insurance; Surplus Lines & Reinsurance; Employee Benefits; Corporate Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • California State University

    • Program Description: Certificate in Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    San Francisco State University

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA

    • Major: Business Administration

    • Curriculum: Financial Services

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: This program is designed to prepare students for careers in the financial services industry from the traditional sectors in commercial banking, savings and loan associations, life insurance companies, and real estate businesses to the new sectors in mutual funds, asset management, venture capital, and hedge funds.

  • Community College of Aurora

    • Program Description: The Community College of Aurora (CCA) makes it possible to earn credits toward a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Insurance by having an agreement with Regis University. Credits earned through CCA that are applicable to this degree are guaranteed to transfer to Regis University; credits earned by passing either the CPCU or the IIA national examination also apply to this degree.

    • Curriculum: AFSB, AIC, AIM, API, ARM, AU, CPCU, HS, INS, and RPLU courses.

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

  • University of Connecticut

    • Degrees Offered: BS, MS, PhD

    • Major: Risk Management & Insurance; Actuarial Science

    • Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance (life & property-liability and management of pension and other employee benefit plans); Mathematics, Statistics and Finance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Risk Management & Insurance offers only a Bachelors degree. Actuarial Science offers Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degree programs. The Risk Management and Insurance major has been designated by the New England Board of Higher Education as a New England Regional Student Program. Qualified residents from other New England states may enroll in this program at reduced tuition since the major is not offered at some state universities in the region.

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    University of Hartford

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA

    • Major: Insurance and Finance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance (life & property-liability)

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

  • Howard University

    Degrees Offered: BS; BA
    Major: Mathematics with Actuarial Science Concentration; Insurance
    Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance (life & property-liability)
    Offers on-line courses: No
    Miscellaneous comments: Distance Education is offered but not in the above programs.

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    Insurance
    The insurance curriculum consists of approximately 50% arts and sciences courses, 35% core business administration courses and 15% insurance courses. The specialized courses in insurance are designed to give students the theoretical knowledge they need for careers in insurance and the practical skills necessary to gain employment in the insurance industry. The courses cover the nature of risk, life and health insurance, property and casualty insurance, risk management, and employee benefits. Insurance majors select finance and real estate courses as electives and complete two independent study projects.

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    CENTER FOR INSURANCE EDUCATION
    Responding to the need of the insurance industry for more and better-educated employees, the insurance concentration and the Center for Insurance Education (CIE) were instituted in 1978 at the Howard University School of Business. Our primary objective is to provide a constant flow of well-qualified graduates for the multi career opportunities of the insurance industry.

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    CIE activities include: (1) recruiting new students from variety of sources; (2) providing students with opportunities for professional development; (3) recognizing the achievements of students; (4) awarding scholarships to deserving as well as needy students; and (5) raising funds for Center activities.

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    Center Opportunities
    The Center administers and extensive employment interview and placement program for students who are registered with the CIE. As a result of direct requests by the Center to insurers and others, coupled with opportunities received from the many college-relations representatives for these companies, we engage in a long yearlong effort to find employment for our students. In this connection, we solicit the help of both the School of Business Center for Professional Development and the University Career Planning and Placement Service.

  • Daytona Beach Community College

    • Program Description: Daytona Beach Community College offers licensure courses for the Life, Health, and Variable Annuity Agent (2-15) and the General Lines Agent (Property & Casualty) (2-20).

    • Curriculum:

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Direct link to insurance courses can be found on www.thecbi.com

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    Florida State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS; MSM; PhD

    • Major: Risk Management/Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management, Life and Health Insurer Operations and Products; Property and Liability Operations and Products; and Employee Benefits.

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: The masters program is offered entirely via the internet.

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    Miami-Dade Community College

    • Program Description: Insurance Marketing

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: The purpose of the Insurance Marketing program is to prepare students for employment in the customer service area of the insurance industry. Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) is required.

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    Polk Community College

    • Program Description: Four days of intensive study for the Insurance Adjuster designation of Accredited Claims Adjuster; Four days of intensive study for the designation of Registered Customer Service Representative; Continuing Education

    • Curriculum: ACA and RCSR course; property-liability insurance courses including Risk Management & Insurance and Insurance Fraud.

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    South Florida Community College

    • Degrees Offered: AA

    • Major: Insurance & Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

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    University of Florida

    • Degrees Offered: BS; BA; MBA

    • Major: Business Administration with Minor in Actuarial Science; General Business (includes courses in Risk Management and Insurance); Quantitative Sciences (includes Actuarial Science); MBA program (concentration in business administration and insurance)

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Offers a combined Bachelors/Masters Degree Program

  • Georgia State University

    • Degrees Offered: BA; MBA

    • Major: Risk Management & Insurance; Actuarial Science

    • Curriculum: Management & Insurance Institution; Insurance Law; Risk & Insurance; Advanced Studies in Risk Management & Insurance; Life Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    University of Georgia

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: International Business with an emphasis in RMI

    • Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • Bradley University

    • Degrees Offered: BA

    • Major: Actuarial Science – Business Degree; Actuarial Science – Mathematics Degree; Risk Management & Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management & Insurance Issues and Practices; Risk Analysis; Risk Control & Financing

    • Offers on-line courses: No


    Illinois State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management; Property & Casualty Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    Illinois Wesleyan University

    • Degrees Offered: BA

    • Major: Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Risk Management; Life & Health Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

     

    • Roosevelt University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Risk Management & Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance; Commercial Property and Liability Insurance; Insurance Company Operations; Life Insurance; Employee Benefits

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    William Rainey Harper College

    • Degrees Offered: AAS

    • Major: Marketing; Management

    • Curriculum: Insurance Principles of Property & Liability Insurance; Commercial Insurance and Financial Statements Interpretation and Analysis

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • Ball State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Risk Management & Insurance; Actuarial Science; Financial Mathematics

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Offers minor in Insurance

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    Indiana State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Insurance (Major and Minor)

    • Curriculum: Insurance and Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: One of three schools nationally to offer 13 undergraduate courses in this major.

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    Martin University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Insurance

    • Curriculum:

    • Offers on-line courses:

    • Miscellaneous comments: Offers PLA program (Prior Learning Assessment) which recognizes life and work experience by awarding college credit for your knowledge and skills that are equivalent to college-level learning.

  • Drake University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Business Administration in actuarial science

    • Curriculum: Statistics; Actuarial Science; Life Insurance Mathematics

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Offers a “Concentration in Insurance” which prepares students to enter careers in the insurance industry or risk management. Students completing the concentration in insurance should be prepared to enter positions in underwriting, claims, marketing and risk management. Study of insurance also helps students interested in careers in other insurance company functions such as human resources, management, investments, actuarial science and accounting. Three courses are required: courses are required:

      • INS 51 — Personal Risk Management

      • INS 141 — Business Risk Management

      • INS 161 — Insurance Company Operations

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    Northwest Iowa Community College

    • Degrees Offered: AAS

    • Major: Insurance Services Management

    • Curriculum: Risk Management; Life Insurance & Financial Planning

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • Eastern Kentucky University

    • Degrees Offered: BS; MS

    • Major: Insurance and Risk Management; Loss Prevention and Safety

    • Curriculum: Property-Liability and Life-Health Insurance; Employee Benefit Planning; Insurer Operations; Personal Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Loss Prevention and Safety (LPS) Masters program is a 36-hour on-line program that will assist working professionals in the fields of safety, fire, security, insurance, human resources, and related areas.

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA

    • Major: Finance; Insurance and Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Insurance and Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The UL Lafayette insurance and risk management program features an interdisciplinary course of study to help prepare students for professional careers in the insurance and financial service industry. Students take a core of general business courses and advanced courses in finance and insurance & risk management.

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    University of Louisiana at Monroe

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Insurance

    • Curriculum: Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: All courses in this curriculum also qualify for Louisiana Continuing Education credit.

  • University of Baltimore

    • Degrees Offered: B.S.

    • Major: Business Administration specializing in Risk Management and Insurance

    • Curriculum: Corporate Risk Management Track – Professionals in risk control and mitigation play a crucial role in safeguarding organizations from potential threats and losses. Our Corporate Risk Management career track has been identified by our faculty as one practical way to pursue your degree and prepare yourself to play a crucial role in protecting organizations and their customers from everything from cybersecurity threats to weather-related events.

    • Health Care Risk Management Track – Maryland’s health care sector is growing faster than most states. Keeping that in mind our faculty have collaborated with the faculty of UBalt’s College of Public Affairs to curate health management courses ideal for the Health Care Risk Management Track.

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

  • Boston University Metropolitan College

    • Degrees Offered: MS

    • Major: Insurance Management; Actuarial Science (concentration in Insurance)

    • Curriculum:

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Boston University offers this distinctive Master of Science in Insurance Management in an e-Learning format especially for holders of the CPCU professional designation. Courses offered under the MS in Actuarial Science program are designed to prepare students for professional actuarial exams. The middle digit of the three-digit course code approximately refers to the examination course number administered by the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS).

  • Ferris State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Applied Math/Actuarial Science

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    Michigan State University

    • Program Description: Certified Workers’ Compenstion Professional (CWCP)

    • Curriculum: Principles of Disabiity Law; Claims Management; Insurance & Self-Insurance; Safety, Disability Prevention & Management Issues; Medical Issues

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Michigan State University’s Workers’ Compensation Center, part of the School of Labor & Industrial Relations, offers a national certification program for workers’ compensation professionals. Completion of the week-long program and exams will certify that the individual has the knowledge and skills necessary to be recognized as a professional in this field. Attendees should have experience in some area of workers’ compensation.

  • St. Cloud State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The risk management and insurance major offers a full array of courses and provides an opportunity for specialization areas. Career opportunities are available in areas of risk management, risk management consulting, property and liability insurance sales, life and health insurance sales, insurance company operations and management, actuarial science, social insurance, insurance regulation, and insurance support services.

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    University of Minnesota Twin Cities

    • Degrees Offered: BSB

    • Major: Actuarial Science

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Students are introduced to professional organizations, including The Society of Actuaries, American Academy of Actuaries, Casualty Actuarial Society, Conference of Consulting Actuaries, and American Society of Pension Actuaries. Students typically take at least two professional actuarial examinations before graduation.

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    University of St. Thomas

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Actuarial Science

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Because actuaries often work at high levels within their companies or as consultants for others, there is a significant value placed on an education that emphasizes breadth of knowledge as well as skills in writing and communication. The B.S. degree in Actuarial Science includes courses in mathematics, actuarial science, computer science, business administration, and economics, all of which will help prepare for a career as an actuary or for related professional examinations.

  • Delta State University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Finance

    • Curriculum: Insurance and Real Estate

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The Finance major is designed to provide students with a thorough knowledge of the financial institutions of the modern economy, with special emphasis on application of techniques in financial decision-making. The Insurance and Real Estate discipline is designed to provide the student with a theoretical as well as practical base for understanding the principles and practices in insurance and real estate.

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    Mississippi State University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Insurance, Risk Management, and Financial Planning

    • Curriculum: Insurance, Risk Management, and Financial Planning

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    University of Mississippi

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Insurance and Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Insurance and Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • Missouri State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Insurance and risk management; Mathematics/Actuarial Mathematics option

    • Curriculum: Property and Liability Insurance; Life Insurance; Risk Management; Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Insurance minor is also available with a BA, BS, or BAS degree

  • University of Nebraska Business Administration – Center for Insurance and Risk Management

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Business Admnistration/Finance with Minor in Risk Management & Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Financial activity relating to banking, real estate, insurance and risk management, investments, and financial planning are emphasized in the financial services concentration. Students selecting this option will take a three-course sequence dealing with elements of investments, real estate, and insurance. Five additional elective courses in finance are then taken to develop an expertise in one of the financial services area.

  • Thomas Edison State College

    • Degrees Offered: ASM; BS; MS

    • Major: Insurance (ASM); Business Administration/Insurance (BS); MS (Management)

    • Curriculum: Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: The MSM Insurance track offered in partnership with the American Educational Institute, Inc. (AEI), offers a rewarding curriculum designed to help the student meet the goals as an insurance professional.

  • New Mexico State University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Finance with General Finance Option

    • Curriculum: Finance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: The finance major covers financial management principles and theory as well as an overview of the financial system and investments. Careers in financial management, investments, banking, insurance, and real estate are the basis for this degree.

  • Excelsior College

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Risk Management & Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: This program was developed in close cooperation with the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Insurance Institute of American (AICPCU/IIA) and LOMA (Life Officers Management Association).

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    Manhattan College (O’Malley School of Business)

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Finance, Concentration in Insurance & Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Insurance fundamentals, Risk Management, Government Regulation, Business Law, Finance, Business Analytics

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Provides overview of Risk Management, Insurance, compliance and other issues. Includes in depth Applied Portfolio Management course.

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    St. John’s University

    • Degrees Offered: DRI; BS; MS; MBA

    • Major: Risk Management and Insurance; Actuarial Science; Insurance Financial Management

    • Curriculum: Risk Management; Insurance; Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: DRI (Diploma in Risk Management and Insurance); BS in Insurance and Risk Management; BS in Actuarial Science; Minot in Actuarial Science for Math Majors; MS in Risk and Insurance; MBA concentration in Management of Risk; MBA concentration in Insurance Financial Management.

    • Extensive professional education courses, seminar, and conferences offered by the SRM’s Center for Professional Education provide the professional, technical, and managerial expertise necessary for employees to remain current in the highly competitive, global environment of risk management, insurance and financial services.

  • Appalachian State University

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Business Admnistration

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • Hondros College

    • Degrees Offered: AAB

    • Major: Sales with Major in Insurance

    • Curriculum: Insurance Sales; Securities Sales; Financial Services

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Also offers insurance pre-licensure and continuing education courses. Courses eligible for continuing education credit in P&C, L&H, and Financial Services. Hondros has a Kentucky campus as well.

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    Miami University

    • Degrees Offered: Not applicable

    • Major: Risk Management and Insurance Minor

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No
       

    The Ohio State University, Columbus Campus

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA; BA; BS

    • Major: Business Administration with Specialization in Risk Management and Insurance; Actuarial Science

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance; Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The Risk Management and Insurance program at The Ohio State University is designed to provide students a firm foundation in general principles as well as familiarity with methods used by organizations and individuals to manage risks.

    • The Risk Management and Insurance program also provides a solid foundation for study towards professional designations such as ARM, CPCU, LOMA, and CFP. These designations often appear after the name of risk managers, employee benefits managers, and executives in the insurance industry.

  • Oklahoma City Community College

    Program Description: Certificate of Mastery
    Curriculum: Insurance
    Offers on-line courses: Yes
     

    Tulsa Community College

    Program Description: Certificate of Achievement
    Curriculum: Business, Insurance – Customer Service Representative
    Offers on-line courses: Yes
    Miscellaneous comments: The program will provide the necessary skills and knowledge for those students seeking customer service representative positions in insurance. It will provide those already employed in insurance with additional training for advancement. The program is designed to prepare a student in ISU 1313 (INS 21), ISU 1333 (INS 22), and ISU 1343 (INS 23) to sit for the exams given by the Insurance Institute of America.

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    University of Central Oklahoma

    Degrees Offered: BBA
    Major: Finance – Insurance
    Curriculum: Insurance
    Offers on-line courses: Yes

  • The American College

    • Program Description: Professional Certifications

    • Curriculum: Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU); Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC); Registered Health Underwriter (RHU); Registered Employee Benefits Consultant (REBC); Chartered Leadership Fellow (CLF); Certified Financial Planner (CFP)

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Also offers a MS in Financial Services (MSFS)

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    Community College of Allegheny County

    • Program Description: Medical Insurance Specialist

    • Curriculum: Claims Processing

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: This program provides training in the area of medical insurance and health care claims processing.

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    Delaware County Community College

    • Degrees Offered: AAS

    • Major: Insurance Claims Adjuster Program

    • Curriculum: Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: This program is also designed to service the professional growth and career needs of currently employed claims adjuster professionals who have had little or no formal training or education.

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    LaSalle University

    • Degrees Offered: Not applicable

    • Major: Risk Management and Insurance Minor

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The mission of the Risk Management and Insurance Program (RMI) is to interest students in the field of risk management and insurance and to prepare students for a career in the field. We strive to accomplish our mission through solid classroom instruction, participation in cooperative education and/or internship programs, and extracurricular activities in the Gamma Iota Sigma National Collegiate Risk Management and Insurance Fraternity. RMI course work broadens the students’ understanding of the financial services system. Theory blends with practice through participation in experiential education opportunities and professional networking activities.

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    Mercyhurst College

    Degrees Offered: BA
    Major: Business with Finance Concentration
    Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance
    Offers on-line courses: Yes
    Miscellaneous comments: Finance concentration offers courses in Risk Management, Employee Benefits and Retirement, and Claims Adjusting. Also offers Certificate in Insurance Coding Specialist.

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    Penn State

    • Degrees Offered: BS

    • Major: Mathematics/Actuarial Science Option; Actuarial Science; Insurance Minor

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science; Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No


    Temple University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA; MS; MBA; PhD

    • Major: Actuarial Science; Risk Management and Insurance

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science; Risk Management and Insurance; Insurance and Healthcare Management

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes

    • Miscellaneous comments: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Actuarial Science or Risk management and Insurance; MS in Actuarial Science; MBA with Concentration in Risk Management and Insurance; PhD Concentration in Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management.

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    University of Pennsylvania

    • Degrees Offered: BS; MBA; PhD

    • Major: Insurance and Risk Management; Actuarial Science; Actuarial Mathematics

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance; Actuarial Science

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: BS in Insurance and Risk Management or Actuarial Science; Minor in Actuarial Mathematics; MBA with Major in Insurance and Risk Management or Actuarial Science; PhD in Insurance and Risk Management.

  • University of South Carolina

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA

    • Major: Insurance and Risk Management

    • Curriculum: Insurance and Risk Management

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Insurance and Risk Management focuses on methods of developing financial protection against loss with emphasis on insurance principles, solving risk management problems, and socioeconomic security problems. This major leads to positions in the life, health, or property and casualty insurance industries such as underwriter, broker, investment analyst, or marketing representative.

  • Middle Tennessee State University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Finance

    • Curriculum: Insurance and Risk Management; Insurance/Real Estate composite

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The Finance major program focuses on the financial sectors of modern economies. Students are provided with the needed analytical foundations and with an introduction to financial processes and institutions.

    • Within the Finance major, students may select a concentration in Business Finance, Financial Institution Management, Insurance, or Real Estate.

    • The department houses the Weatherford Chair of Finance and the Martin Chair of Insurance. Holders of these two chairs are charged with promoting study leading to careers in financial institution management and insurance, respectively.

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    University of Memphis

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Curriculum: Principles of Risk Management & Insurance; Property & Casualty Insurance; Life & Health Insurance; Multiple Line Insurance Operations; Employee Benefit Programs; Risk Management and Risk Management Finance.

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Internship in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate allows students to intern in a business organization to gain on-the-job experience in real-life environment.

  • Baylor University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The success of any firm depends on its ability not only to create value for stockholders but also to protect such value. While the field of finance has historically paid significant attention to value creation, less has been said about the protection of value. Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) specifically address the issue of value protection. The Risk Management and Insurance curriculum focuses on the financial and economic characteristics of potential exposures to loss faced by firms and individuals, and the techniques available to minimize the costs associated with such exposures.

    • Increasingly, non-financial companies are recognizing the importance of enterprise-wide risk management and thus are turning to business schools for trained risk managers. There are also career opportunities in the various financial service industries such as insurance, banking, pensions, and investment management.

    • Graduate courses offered in Risk Management and Insurance

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    University of North Texas

    Degrees Offered: BBA
    Major: Insurance
    Curriculum: Risk and Insurance Management; Life Insurance; Property and Liability Insurance; Estate Planning
    Offers on-line courses: No
    Miscellaneous comments: Also offers a minor in insurance.

  • Old Dominion University

    • Degrees Offered: BSBA

    • Major: Finance

    • Curriculum: Finance; Insurance; Real Estate

    • Offers on-line courses: Yes


    Virginia Commonwealth University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Finance

    • Curriculum: Finance; Risk Management and Insurance; Financial Planning

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: The Finance major requires the choice of one of the following three tracks: finance, insurance/risk management, or financial planning. The finance track is concerned with financial management of business firms, the operation, and functioning of financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies, and the investment of funds by institutional investors and individuals. Increasingly, there is also an international focus to the study of these activities as financial markets become global in scope. Business firms, financial institutions, and investment firms all utilize the talents of individuals with professional training in finance. The insurance/risk management track includes four areas of study: employee benefits, commercial property-liability insurance, risk management, and personal financial planning in the life and health side of the industry. The financial planning track offers greater understanding of investment principles, employee benefits, life insurance, and tax planning.

  • Seattle University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Finance

    • Curriculum: Finance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: Focus is on financial institutions and markets: banks, credit unions, insurance companies.

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    Washington State University

    • Degrees Offered: BBA

    • Major: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Curriculum: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

  • Chippewa Valley Technical College

    • Program Description: Insurance Prelicensing Education Certificate

    • Curriculum: Agency/Sales

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: This certificate is required before sitting for the state insurance exam. CVTC also offers continuing education insurance classes and seminars for people who have an insurance license.

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    University of Wisconsin – Madison

    • Degrees Offered: BBA; MS; MBA; PhD

    • Major: Actuarial Science; Risk Management and Insurance

    • Curriculum: Actuarial Science; Risk Management and Insurance

    • Offers on-line courses: No

    • Miscellaneous comments: BBA in Actuarial Science or Risk Management and Insurance; MS in Actuarial Science or Risk Management and Insurance; MBA in Risk Management and Insurance; PhD in Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance.

    • The Actuarial, Risk Management & Insurance Department combines two areas of study that are distinct at almost every other major US institution; these areas are actuarial science and risk management and insurance. Thus, the department name is longer than most others are but it reflects a unique blend of complementary talents.

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