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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$16,330 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,683 Avg Salary

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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mortuary science majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

#1

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Carl Sandburg College the best value school in Illinois for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Carl Sandburg College is a small public school located in the rural area of Galesburg.

Carl Sandburg College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,860 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Carl Sandburg College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a great value for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. 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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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges 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.

  • 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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