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

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

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 #26 most popular major in Tennessee with 58 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 Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee.

#1

John A Gupton College

Nashville, TN

Our 2023 rankings named John A Gupton College the most popular school in Tennessee for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. John A Gupton College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Women make up 66% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

On average, mortuary science graduates from John A Gupton College take out $13,174 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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

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

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Southwest Tennessee Community College

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 135
South Carolina 71
Arkansas 64
North Carolina 141
Florida 106
Virginia 40
Louisiana 25
Alabama 81
Mississippi 18

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 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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