2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Vallue Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking.

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the 211th most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, funeral and mortuary science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,096 and had an average of $14,560 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 429 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,725 and $15,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 310 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in funeral and mortuary science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality funeral and mortuary science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the funeral and mortuary science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science (Income Over $110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$5,578 Average Net Price

$32,569 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the #1 spot on the list. Amarillo, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Amarillo College also made our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $5,578 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Amarillo College.

Read more about Funeral & Mortuary Science at Amarillo College

#2

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$5,882 Average Net Price

$27,295 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #2 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Antonio College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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