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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science

5 Ranked Colleges
125 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,658 people earned their degree in general funeral service and mortuary science, making the major the 372nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 125 general funeral service and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general funeral service and mortuary science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general funeral service and mortuary science programs and 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 general funeral service and mortuary science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UCO is $16,562 for bachelor’s degree general mortuary science students.

Read more about General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science at University of Central Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s. Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s general mortuary science degrees to qualified students.

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science also made our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Report

#3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general mortuary science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,740 for bachelor’s degree general mortuary science students per year to attend UMN Twin Cities.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#4

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #4 spot on the list. Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s general mortuary science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Point Park, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Point Park University is $21,470 for bachelor’s degree general mortuary science students.

Full Point Park University General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Report

#5

Mid-America College of Funeral Service

Jeffersonville, Indiana
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value General Mortuary Science Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Mid-America College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It awarded 1 bachelors’s general mortuary science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mid-America College also made our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $18,370 for bachelor’s degree general mortuary science students per year to attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Mid-America College General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Report

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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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