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

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

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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, 40 degrees and certificates were awarded to funeral & mortuary science students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #30 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named John Tyler Community College the most popular school in Virginia for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in mortuary science at the school are women while 31% are male.

After completing their Associate Degree, mortuary science graduates from John Tyler Community College carry an average student debt load of $11,752.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tidewater Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Trade Schools in Virginia list. Tidewater Community College is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

Of the 18 students majoring in mortuary science at Tidewater Community College, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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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
South Carolina 71
Georgia 135
Arkansas 64
Florida 106
North Carolina 141
Louisiana 25
Tennessee 58
Alabama 81
Mississippi 18

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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