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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Virginia

2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Virginia

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$39,742 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science School for You

In 2021-2022, 40 degrees and certificates were awarded to funeral & mortuary science students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #30 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Virginia

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

Top Virginia Trade Schools in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our 2023 rankings named John Tyler Community College the best school in Virginia for funeral & mortuary science students. Located in the large suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tidewater Community College is a great place for funeral & mortuary science students. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 71
Georgia 135
Arkansas 64
Florida 106
North Carolina 141
Louisiana 25
Tennessee 58
Alabama 81
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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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