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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$10,650 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,683 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 194 degrees and certificates were awarded to funeral & mortuary science students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northampton County Area Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Bethlehem, Northampton Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northampton Community College are $10,650 per year. On average, mortuary science graduates from Northampton Community College take out $15,084 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, PIMS is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

After completing their Associate Degree, mortuary science graduates from PIMS carry an average student debtload of $17,391.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc Report

Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 141
New Jersey 57
Maryland 24
District of Columbia 6

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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