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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$4,679 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,683 Avg Salary

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

With 25 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, funeral & mortuary science is the #35 most popular major in Louisiana.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree School

#1

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Our 2023 rankings named Delgado Community College the best value school in Louisiana for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Orleans.

Delgado Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,679 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Delgado Community College Report

Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 135
South Carolina 71
Arkansas 64
North Carolina 141
Florida 106
Virginia 40
Tennessee 58
Alabama 81
Mississippi 18

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

Majors Similar to Mortuary Science

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 values are for the top school 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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