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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate School for You

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #34 most popular major in the country with 2,186 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top Southeast Region Trade Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our 2023 rankings named Jefferson State Community College the best school in the Southeast Region for funeral & mortuary science students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Piedmont Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Greenwood.

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#3

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

The excellent basic certificate programs at St Petersburg College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best funeral & mortuary science schools in the Southeast Region . SPC is a fairly large public school located in the city of St. Petersburg.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 71
Georgia 135
Arkansas 64
Florida 106
North Carolina 141
Louisiana 25
Virginia 40
Alabama 81
Tennessee 58
Mississippi 18

Funeral & Mortuary Science is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Mortuary Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science 1,800
Funeral Direction/Service 278
Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer 66
Other Funeral Service & Mortuary Science 42

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 124,611
Culinary Arts 22,075
Casino Operations and Services 385
Other Personal & Culinary Services 95

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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