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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in New Jersey

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in New Jersey

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Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science School for You

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #23 most popular major in New Jersey with 57 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Mercer County Community College the most popular school in New Jersey for funeral & mortuary science students. Located in the rural area of West Windsor, Mercer County Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Mercer County Community College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastwick College - Hackensack. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in New Jersey list. Eastwick College - Hackensack is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hackensack.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Eastwick College - Hackensack Report

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 141
Pennsylvania 194
Maryland 24
District of Columbia 6

One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, funeral & mortuary science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mortuary Science Concentrations

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

Majors Similar to Mortuary Science

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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