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

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

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Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in Virginia 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 this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in Virginia.

#1

Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Blue Ridge Community College the most popular school in Virginia for funeral & mortuary science students working on their basic certificate. BRCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Weyers Cave.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

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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 values are for the top school 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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