2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for an Associate” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 242 people earned their degree in funeral direction/service, making the major the 872nd most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 106 funeral direction/service graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in funeral direction/service. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent funeral direction/service programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the funeral direction/service program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The funeral direction/service school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for an Associate”.

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Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree funeral direction/service students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service

#1

Lake Washington Institute of Technology

Kirkland, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$7,713 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Washington Institute of Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. LWTech is located in Kirkland, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s funeral direction/service degrees to qualified students.

LWTech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Funeral Direction/Service Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend LWTech is $7,713 for Associate Degree Funeral Direction/Service students.

Read more about Funeral Direction/Service at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

#2

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$9,076 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for an Associate list. MATC is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 14 associates’s funeral direction/service degrees in 2019-2020.

MATC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Funeral Direction/Service Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $9,076 for Associate Degree Funeral Direction/Service students per year to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Read full report on Funeral Direction/Service at MATC

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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