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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$10,251 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the United States to see which basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Funeral & Mortuary Science

#1

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

Our analysis found Piedmont Technical College to be the best value school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. Located in the distant town of Greenwood, Piedmont Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Piedmont Technical College are $6,593 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Jefferson State Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value funeral & mortuary science schools in the United States. Jeff State is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Jeff State are $8,910 a year.

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#3

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of St. Petersburg, SPC is a public school with a very large student population.

SPC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,286 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Bridgeton, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Louis Community College are $6,990 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Kirkland, LWTech is a public college with a small student population.

LWTech undergraduate students pay an average of $10,390 in tuition and fees each year.

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Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate funeral & mortuary science programs. Located in the city of Houston, Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service are $15,313 per year.

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#7

San Antonio College

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, San Antonio College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Antonio College are $14,272 per year.

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Funeral & Mortuary Science by Region

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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 7 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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