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2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate 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. 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.
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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the mortuary science basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .
Most Popular Southeast Region Trade Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Funeral & Mortuary Science
Our 2023 rankings named Piedmont Technical College the most popular school in the Southeast Region for funeral & mortuary science students working on their basic certificate. Piedmont Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Greenwood.
Women make up 72% of the mortuary science majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jefferson State Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
About 59% of the students majoring in mortuary science at the school are women while 41% are male.
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The in-demand basic certificate programs at St Petersburg College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular funeral & mortuary science schools in the Southeast Region . SPC is a very large public school located in the city of St. Petersburg.
Women make up 58% of the mortuary science majors at the school.
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The in-demand basic certificate programs at University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular funeral & mortuary science schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Hope, UA Hope-Texarkana is a public school with a small student population.
About 83% of the students majoring in mortuary science at the school are women while 17% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend NorthWest Arkansas Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Ogeechee Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. Ogeechee Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.
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Blue Ridge Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. BRCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Weyers Cave.
Request InformationBest Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State
Explore the best funeral & mortuary science colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| South Carolina | 71 |
| Georgia | 135 |
| Arkansas | 64 |
| Florida | 106 |
| North Carolina | 141 |
| Louisiana | 25 |
| Virginia | 40 |
| Alabama | 81 |
| Tennessee | 58 |
| Mississippi | 18 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science Related Majors
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 7 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).
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