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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Illinois

2 Colleges
$34,256 Avg Salary
$19,358 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science School for You

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #29 most popular major in Illinois with 135 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Trade Schools in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our 2023 rankings named Worsham College of Mortuary Science the best school in Illinois for funeral & mortuary science students. Located in the suburb of Wheeling, Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#2

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carl Sandburg College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Illinois list. Carl Sandburg College is a small public school located in the rural area of Galesburg.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 32
Indiana 83
Wisconsin 16
Ohio 89

One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, funeral & mortuary science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mortuary Science Concentrations

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 2 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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