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Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in the New England Region

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$49,712 Avg Salary
$17,875 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science 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.

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 Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for mortuary science majors pursuing a .

#1

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

Our analysis found Goodwin College to be the most popular school for funeral & mortuary science students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of East Hartford.

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#2

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend FINE Mortuary College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at Community College of Vermont helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best funeral & mortuary science schools in the New England Region . CCV is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Montpelier.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#5

Cape Cod Community College

West Barnstable, MA

The excellent programs at Cape Cod Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best funeral & mortuary science schools in the New England Region . Cape Cod Community College is a small public school located in the city of West Barnstable.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 23
Connecticut 15
Vermont 9

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 5 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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