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2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
310 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 2,058 people earned their degree in funeral and mortuary science, making the major the 211th most popular in the United States. 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 Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in funeral and mortuary science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great funeral and mortuary science programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the funeral and mortuary science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Amarillo College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Amarillo College is $5,578 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students with aid.

Read more about Funeral & Mortuary Science at Amarillo College

#2

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees 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. It costs about $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students with aid per year to attend San Antonio College.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a public institution located in Chandler, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 35 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Chandler-Gilbert Community College is $9,926 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students with aid.

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#4

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Texas Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and it awarded 4 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2019-2020.

NTCC also made our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,110 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students with aid per year to attend NTCC.

Read more about Funeral & Mortuary Science at NTCC

#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students with aid.

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Dallas Institute of Funeral Service ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Dallas, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 88 diplomas to qualified associates’s mortuary science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree mortuary science students with aid list, Dallas Institute of Funeral Service has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is $15,486 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students with aid.

Full Dallas Institute of Funeral Service Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 145 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is $26,767 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service Funeral & 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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