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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Arkansas

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Arkansas

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Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate School for You

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #23 most popular major in Arkansas with 64 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arkansas 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mortuary science majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our analysis found University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana to be the most popular school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Arkansas. 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.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana

A rank of #2 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.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 135
South Carolina 71
North Carolina 141
Florida 106
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 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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