2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, funeral & mortuary science was ranked #34 in the country. In fact 2,186 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for mortuary science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

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

#1

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

Houston, TX

46 Basic Certificates

$15,313 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service the best value school in the Southwest Region for funeral & mortuary science students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Houston, Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service 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 Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service are $15,313 a year.

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#2

San Antonio College

San Antonio, TX

$14,272 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, San Antonio College is a public college with a large student population.

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

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

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Funeral & Mortuary Science Related Majors for Mortuary Science

One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, funeral & mortuary science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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.