The University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business is ranked No. 1 for Risk Management and Insurance by U.S. News & World Report and its familiar Best Colleges guide.
 
U.S. News has ranked specialized fields in business every year since the 1990s, and the Terry College’s Risk Management and Insurance program is perennially ranked as a Top 5 program nationally. The new ranking marked the second time in five years that the Terry College of Business claimed the top spot.
 
“Our top-ranked program started in 1965, so we have the advantage of a long history, and we are the largest undergraduate program by enrollment in the U.S.,” said Robert Hoyt, a risk management professor and head of the department of insurance, legal studies and real estate. “But quantity doesn’t mean much without quality. The employers who hire our graduates tell us that they are more advanced in their education and better prepared to do the work that is asked of them and to be leaders within their organizations. That’s our reputation.”
 
Best Undergraduate Insurance Programs

(According to U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2019 Edition)
 
#1   University of Georgia Terry College of Business

#2   University of Wisconsin – Madison

#3   Georgia State University

#4   Temple University

#5   Florida State University
 
The U.S. News ranking is the latest among several honors UGA’s Risk Management and Insurance program received this year, Hoyt said.
 
A.M. Best Co. named UGA a “Top Performer” in Risk Management and Insurance based on a survey of hiring managers and industry professionals. Only three other universities received the “Top Performer” rating in 2018 from Best’s Review.
 
Twenty universities worldwide were designated as “Global Centers of Insurance Excellence” by the International Insurance Society in the program’s inaugural year. The certification program recognizes outstanding risk management and insurance programs based on an analysis of their course offerings, graduation rates, employment success and professional involvement.
 
The Terry College’s RMI program is the largest in terms of current enrollment and graduates, according to the most recent survey conducted by Business Insurance magazine.  More than 600 UGA students currently major as undergraduates in risk management and insurance, and more than 200 are graduating from the program every year. Hoyt said new graduates are well-equipped to take a variety of positions in the industry, such as insurance adjusters and underwriters, insurance brokers and agents, actuaries, personal financial planners, as well as analysts in corporate risk management.
 
Faculty experts in risk management and insurance
 
James M. Carson
Daniel P. Amos Distinguished Professor in Insurance and MBA Coordinator
[email protected]; 706-542-3803
Areas of expertise: Employee benefits, life insurance, health insurance, insurance markets, and insurance regulation
 
David Eckles
Professor, Ph.D. Coordinator, and RMI Internship Coordinator
[email protected]; 706-542-3578
Areas of expertise: Property insurance, enterprise risk management, insurer financial operations, insurer reserving practices, rating agency issues, and adverse selection
 
Robert Hoyt
Dudley L. Moore Jr. Chair of Insurance and Department Head
[email protected]; 706-542-4290
Areas of expertise: Enterprise risk management, corporate risk management, insurance fraud, property and casualty insurance, insurer operations, captive insurers, catastrophe risk issues, and risk securitization
 
Steven Pottier
Professor and Actuarial Science Certificate Program Director
[email protected]; 706-542-3786
Areas of expertise: Actuarial science, life insurance, insurer financial solvency, insurance rating issues, and insurer efficiency