Find Trade Colleges

Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$7,830 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,683 Avg Salary

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

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #34 most popular major in the country with 2,186 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Southeast Region 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools

#1

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Ogeechee Technical College the best value school in the Southeast Region for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Ogeechee Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ogeechee Technical College are $5,540 a year.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Ogeechee Technical College

Out of the 14 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jefferson State Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Jeff State are $8,910 a year. Mortuary Science majors at Jeff State take out an average of $7,315 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Jefferson State Community College Report

#3

John A Gupton College

Nashville, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John A Gupton College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Nashville, John A Gupton College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

John A Gupton College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,735 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, mortuary science majors at John A Gupton College accumulate an average of around $13,174 in student debt.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at John A Gupton College Report

#4

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

Out of the 14 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Piedmont Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Piedmont Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Greenwood.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Piedmont Technical College are $6,593 a year. On average, mortuary science graduates from Piedmont Technical College take out $16,591 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read More…

#5

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

The excellent associate degree programs at Delgado Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value funeral & mortuary science schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delgado Community College are $4,679 a year.

Read More…

#6

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

With a ranking of #6, Miami Dade College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MDC are $9,661 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, mortuary science majors at MDC accumulate an average of around $11,069 in student debt.

MDC also claimed a spot on our Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Miami Dade College

Columbus Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for funeral & mortuary science students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Columbus Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Columbus.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbus Technical College are $5,442 per year.

Columbus Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Columbus Technical College

#8

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

With a ranking of #8, St Petersburg College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. SPC is a very large public school located in the large city of St. Petersburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SPC are $9,286 per year. Mortuary Science majors at SPC take out an average of $16,407 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at St Petersburg College Report

Northwest Mississippi Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for funeral & mortuary science students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. NWCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Senatobia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWCC are $5,860 per year.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Northwest Mississippi Community College

With a ranking of #10, John Tyler Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at John Tyler Community College are $10,803 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, mortuary science majors at John Tyler Community College accumulate an average of around $11,752 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, John Tyler Community College also did well on our Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read More…

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 71
Georgia 135
Arkansas 64
Florida 106
North Carolina 141
Louisiana 25
Virginia 40
Alabama 81
Tennessee 58
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 14 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.

Featured Schools

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.