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

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

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

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

In 2021-2022, 194 degrees and certificates were awarded to funeral & mortuary science students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc the most popular school in Pennsylvania for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, PIMS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 67% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that mortuary science majors at PIMS take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,391.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Northampton County Area Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular funeral & mortuary science schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Bethlehem, Northampton Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 75% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

On average, mortuary science graduates from Northampton Community College take out $15,084 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Luzerne County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Luzerne County Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Nanticoke.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Luzerne County Community College Report

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 141
New Jersey 57
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

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 3 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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