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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Iowa
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree School for You
With 68 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, funeral & mortuary science is the #21 most popular major in Iowa.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree School
Our analysis found Des Moines Area Community College to be the best value school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a associate degree in Iowa. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $5,340 per year. On average, mortuary science graduates from DMACC take out $10,261 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Request InformationBest Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Plains States Region
Explore all the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 16 |
Missouri | 26 |
Minnesota | 18 |
Nebraska | 0 |
Majors Related to Mortuary Science
Funeral & Mortuary Science is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Mortuary Science Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science | 1,800 |
Funeral Direction/Service | 278 |
Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer | 66 |
Other Funeral Service & Mortuary Science | 42 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Mortuary Science
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.