For students that already have
an undergraduate degree 

UT-Austin ranks as one of only about two dozen programs in the United States classified by the SoA and CAS as a Graduate Education or Graduate Education & Research program.

An actuarial Master's degree

The most complete program for a student that already has an undergraduate degree of some sort and wishes to prepare for a career as an actuary is the special focus on actuarial studies within the M.A. in Mathematics. Students in this program seek an M.A. in Mathematics while taking classes that are actuarial or actuarially oriented. Here are links to information on

Other graduate degrees

Alternatively, graduate students can take actuarial classes while pursuing some graduate degree not specifically emphasizing actuarial science. The majority of such students have sought an M.S. in Statistics, using Actuarial Studies as their formal minor.

Non-degree seekers

Many students that already have an undergraduate degree choose to participate in the Actuarial Studies program as a non-degree-candidate or---at least formally---as a seeker of a second undergraduate degree; such students typically follow the same pattern of classes as do undergraduate Mathematics majors.

Actuarial research and Ph.D. degrees

There is not a formal Ph.D. program in Actuarial Studies at The University, but students have occasionally received Ph.D.'s in various fields for actuarial research. Although Professor Daniel, the Director of Actuarial Stuidies, is not currently active in actuarial research, there are faculty members in various areas such as risk management, computational finance, and statistics that are performing distinguished research in actuarial or actuarially related areas. Students interested in actuarial research should contact Professor Patrick Brockett, who heads the risk management program.