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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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 #34 most popular major in the country with 2,186 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges.

Most Popular Rocky Mountains Region Trade Schools for an Associate in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, CO

32 Associate Degrees

$37,186 Average Earnings

$16,313 Average Student Debt

Our analysis found Arapahoe Community College to be the most popular school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Arapahoe Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Littleton.

Women make up 78% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

Mortuary Science majors at Arapahoe Community College take out an average of $16,313 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

2 Associate Degrees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salt Lake Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in mortuary science at Salt Lake Community College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	43
Utah	14

Funeral & Mortuary Science is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Mortuary Science Focus Areas

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 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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