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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Iowa

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$0 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,683 Avg Salary

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.

Check out the mortuary science associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,340 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, mortuary science graduates from DMACC take out $10,261 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Des Moines Area Community College Report

Best 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
Kansas 16
Missouri 26
Minnesota 18
Nebraska 0

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 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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