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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in New Jersey

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

2 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 #23 most popular major in New Jersey with 57 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey 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.

Check out the mortuary science associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New Jersey.

Our analysis found Mercer County Community College to be the most popular school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. Located in the rural area of West Windsor, Mercer County Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in mortuary science at Mercer County Community College, 32% are male and 68% are female.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Mercer County Community College Report

The in-demand associate degree programs at Eastwick College - Hackensack helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular funeral & mortuary science schools in New Jersey. Eastwick College - Hackensack is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hackensack.

About 95% of the students majoring in mortuary science at the school are women while 5% are male.

After completing their Associate Degree, mortuary science graduates from Eastwick College - Hackensack carry an average student debt load of $22,483.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Eastwick College - Hackensack

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 141
Pennsylvania 194
Maryland 24
District of Columbia 6

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

Majors Similar to Mortuary Science

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 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.

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