Who are our members?
January-December 2011-2012
We have 23,950 members (December 2012). A breakdown of our membership is below. For the full report, see Our Members.
If you want to find join a network to find out more about the career, to speak to actuaries and to network with other people thinking of an actuarial career then join the International Actuarial Careers Network (IACN). A full breakdown of the IACN membership is here.
Age groups
- 2% are under the age of 21
- 42% are under the age of 30
- 70% are under the age of 40
Gender
- 30% are female
- 70% are male
Location
- 59% are in the UK
- 41% are international
- 33% rest of the world
- 8% rest of Europe
Practice area
- 21% Pensions
- 27% Life insurance
- 13% General insurance
- 5% Investment
- 3% Health and care, Enterprise Risk Management and other emerging fields
- 5% retired
- 26% other
University trends
|
University |
Admissions |
Ranking |
2011 ranking |
Movement |
|
Heriot Watt |
76 |
1 |
2 |
↑ |
|
University of Warwick |
69 |
2 |
1 |
↓ |
|
Cass Business School |
52 |
3 |
16 |
↑ |
|
University of Kent |
50 |
4 |
6 |
↑ |
|
University of Southampton |
47 |
5 |
10 |
↑ |
|
University College Dublin |
41 |
6 |
4 |
↓ |
|
University of Oxford |
41 |
7 |
8 |
↑ |
|
London School of Economics |
39 |
8 |
3 |
↓ |
|
University of Manchester |
34 |
9 |
11 |
↑ |
|
Queen University Belfast |
33 |
10 |
27 |
↑ |
|
University of Nottingham |
32 |
11 |
14 |
↑ |
|
University of Birmingham |
32 |
12 |
21 |
↑ |
|
University of Bath |
31 |
13 |
7 |
↓ |
|
University of Bristol |
29 |
14 |
18 |
↑ |
|
University of Cambridge |
29 |
15 |
12 |
↓ |
|
City University |
27 |
16 |
13 |
↓ |
|
Durham University |
25 |
17 |
15 |
↓ |
|
Imperial College |
21 |
18 |
17 |
↓ |
|
University College London |
20 |
19 |
9 |
↓ |
|
University of Glasgow |
19 |
20 |
23 |
↑ |
What degree subjects do our members have?
|
Ranking |
Degree subject |
|
1 |
Mathematics |
|
2 |
Actuarial Science |
|
3 |
Economics |
|
4 |
Physics |
|
5 |
Accounting |
|
6 |
Statistics |
|
7 |
Engineering |
|
8 |
Mathematics – MORSE |
|
9 |
Science – other |
|
10 |
Chemistry |
|
11 |
Engineering – electrical/electronic |
|
12 |
Finance |
|
13 |
Engineering – civil |
|
14 |
Business administration |
|
15 |
Computer science |
|
16 |
Engineering – mechanical |
|
17 |
Science |
|
18 |
Business |
|
19 |
Engineering – aeronautical |
|
20 |
Engineering – chemical |