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Most Popular Online Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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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 Most Popular Online Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in the United States offering online basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The school below is the most popular for mortuary science majors pursuing an online basic certificate.

Our analysis found Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service to be the most popular school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Houston, Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 70% of the students majoring in mortuary science at the school are women while 30% are male.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

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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 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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