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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$29,608 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,731 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the best value school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $35,099 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, mortuary science majors at UMN Twin Cities accumulate an average of around $16,174 in student debt.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 10% of our Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Mid-America College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Jeffersonville.

Mid-America College undergraduate students pay an average of $18,000 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, mortuary science graduates from Mid-America College carry an average student debtload of $13,502.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Oklahoma is a great value for funeral & mortuary science students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UCO undergraduate students pay an average of $19,121 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mortuary science majors at UCO take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $24,928.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at University of Central Oklahoma Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a great value for funeral & mortuary science students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Cincinnati, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science are $23,000 a year. Mortuary Science majors at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science take out an average of $17,250 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Detroit.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wayne State are $34,199 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wayne State also is in the top 20% of our Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools ranking.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Wayne State University Report

#6

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

Point Park University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Point Park is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Point Park undergraduate students pay an average of $36,620 in tuition and fees each year.

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Funeral & Mortuary Science by Region

View the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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

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 6 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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