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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region

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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.

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 .

#1

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

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 moderately-sized public school located in the distant 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 city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public college 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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#3

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Petersburg College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. SPC is a very large public school located in the large city of St. Petersburg.

Women make up 58% of the mortuary science majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is a great place for funeral & mortuary science students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Hope, UA Hope-Texarkana is a public college 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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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a great place for funeral & mortuary science students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#6

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

Ogeechee Technical 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. Ogeechee Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Statesboro.

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#6

Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, VA

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.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science schools 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 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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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