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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$3,485 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,683 Avg Salary

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

With 18 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, funeral & mortuary science is the #33 most popular major in Mississippi.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Mississippi 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 Mississippi

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

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

Our analysis found Northwest Mississippi Community College to be the best value school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a associate degree in Mississippi. NWCC is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Senatobia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWCC are $3,460 per year.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Northwest Mississippi Community College Report

Out of the 2 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Holmes Community College are $3,510 per year.

Holmes Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi list.

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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
Louisiana 25
Tennessee 58
Alabama 81

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 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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