2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for mortuary science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Funeral & Mortuary Science

#1

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

7 Associate Degrees

#13 in Quality in Illinois

$7,860 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Carl Sandburg College to be the best value school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Carl Sandburg College is a small public school located in the rural area of Galesburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Carl Sandburg College are $7,860 a year.

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#2

Worsham College of Mortuary Science

Wheeling, IL

55 Associate Degrees

$24,800 Average Tuition & Fees

$38,933 Average Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Worsham College of Mortuary Science landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Wheeling, Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Worsham College of Mortuary Science undergraduate students pay an average of $24,800 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, mortuary science majors at Worsham College of Mortuary Science accumulate an average of around $12,619 in student debt.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• 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.