Risk Management and Insurance

To help build your knowledge of insurance and risk management and to advance your career opportunities, our risk management and insurance curriculum is aligned with industry standards and important designations, including CPCU, AIDA and ARM.

You can participate in collegiate challenges such as the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, where Saint Joseph's University students have consecutively earned national recognition in their performance.

As a risk management and insurance student, you will benefit from opportunities to connect with industry professionals through the Maguire Academy of Insurance and Risk Management. In addition, you can join Gamma Iota Sigma, the International Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science Collegiate Fraternity. All full or part-time Saint Joseph's University students who are interested in risk management and insurance are encouraged to join the university's Gamma Iota Sigma chapter.

The faculty in the risk management and insurance program at Saint Joseph's University are thought-leaders in the industry. They develop symposia, provide professionals with continuing education and publish research.

Saint Joseph’s University offers an accelerated bachelor’s/master’s program that allows current undergraduate students to start earning their MBA or Organization Development and Leadership MS during their senior year. This model enables you to complete your undergraduate and graduate work in just five years, instead of the traditional six or seven. Combining your bachelor’s with a master’s degree can help you save time and money.

Risk management and insurance majors interested in this unique option must apply to the graduate program in their junior year and be provisionally accepted before they complete their bachelor’s degree.

The actuarial studies track within the risk management and insurance major is designed to give you an understanding of how the actuarial function informs business decisions within the insurance industry and within risk management functions of other industries. Students completing this track will be prepared to take actuarial exams FM, P and IFM.

The risk management and insurance major at Saint Joseph's University provides an overview of the insurance industry and prepares you to earn CPCU designation. You'll gain a basic understanding of the best practices in financial risk management and the technical skills required to succeed in a variety of positions in the risk management and insurance field. You will explore the functional areas of insurance company management, including investment and financing policies, as well as pricing and underwriting activities.

In addition to acquiring knowledge of the insurance industry and the risk management function, you will refine your skills in the areas of leadership, critical thinking, decision making, risk forecasting and assessment, oral and written communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, interpersonal and cross-cultural relations, organizing and planning and computer literacy. The major's coursework is infused with analytics and offers the option to add a track in actuarial sciences.

View required courses for this program in the academic catalog. Please contact us if you have any questions about the program curriculum.
 

Affordable tuition rates can be found on our tuition and fees website.*

*Pricing does not include room and board, health insurance or any professional, clinical or transportation fees. Visit our tuition & fees page for a detailed breakdown.

To apply for this program, complete an application online. SAT and/or ACT scores are optional but you can submit them if you think they’ll strengthen your application.

Learn more about admissions requirements and how to apply as a first-year student, transfer student or international student.

First-Year Students
Applications for high school students are available beginning August 1 of your senior year. Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision options are available. For a full timeline of deadlines, visit our admission page.

Transfer Students
Applications to transfer to Saint Joseph’s are accepted on a rolling basis for fall and spring start terms.

1. To be considered for admission, you must have graduated from an approved secondary school (or be on track to graduate), received a diploma from an accredited home school association or earned a GED.

2. A high school transcript with an official school stamp or an official GED transcript is required. High school transcripts must include courses completed through your junior year as well as courses in progress during your senior year. If you’ve attended any post-secondary institutions, official transcripts for those institutions are required as well.

Transfer credit may be awarded for previous coursework. A course must meet the following requirements to be considered for transfer to Saint Joseph’s University:

• Undergraduate courses with a grade of “C” or above
• Graduate courses with a grade of “B” or above
• Pass/Fail grades are not eligible for transfer credit
• Must be from a regionally or programmatically accredited institution
• The coursework must match the course offered at Saint Joseph's
• Some programs have a time limit for specific courses
• Earned credit may be submitted for review based on a timeline of less than or equal to 5 to 10 years between completion of course and enrollment at SJU

*Visit the transfer page for a detailed breakdown of courses and institutions eligible for transfer.

If you are not a United States citizen, you must show proof of permanent resident visa status. Students educated in another country may be admitted if they:

• Satisfy general admission requirements
• Earn a minimum of 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) or 79 (internet-based) on the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) administered by the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, New Jersey

Students from English-speaking countries may choose to take the SAT or ACT as an option to the TOEFL exam. An evaluation of foreign transcripts by the World Education Service or other approved agency is required.

Saint Joseph’s is a military-friendly institution and offers assistance and services to veterans and their dependents who are utilizing educational benefits. Benefits include:

• Chapter 30 Montgomery GI Bill®
• Chapter 31 Vocational Rehabilitation
• Chapter 33 Post 911 GI Bill®
• Chapter 35 Survivors and Dependents Assistance
• Chapter 1606 National Guard or Reserves
• Chapter 1607 National Guard or Reserves (REAP) (*if eligible, must be utilized by November 25, 2019)
• Pennsylvania National Guard Educational Assistance Program (EAP)
• Federal Tuition Assistance (FTA)