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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois

4 Colleges
$35,683 Avg Salary
$14,096 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree School for You

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #29 most popular major in Illinois with 135 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Funeral & Mortuary Science program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mortuary science majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our analysis found Worsham College of Mortuary Science to be the most popular school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Wheeling, Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 73% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

Mortuary Science majors at Worsham College of Mortuary Science take out an average of $12,619 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Worsham College of Mortuary Science Report

#2

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Carl Sandburg College is a great place for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Carl Sandburg College is a small public school located in the rural area of Galesburg.

Of the 7 students majoring in mortuary science at Carl Sandburg College, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular funeral & mortuary science schools in Illinois. Malcolm X College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Women make up 83% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at City Colleges of Chicago - Malcolm X College

The in-demand associate degree programs at Southern Illinois University Carbondale helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular funeral & mortuary science schools in Illinois. SIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Carbondale.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 32
Indiana 83
Wisconsin 16
Ohio 89

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 4 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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