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2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 and mortuary science program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students.

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

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chandler-Gilbert Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Chandler, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 35 students in 2019-2020.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,926 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students per year to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Read more about Funeral & Mortuary Science at Chandler-Gilbert Community College

#2

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the #2 spot on the list. Amarillo College is a public institution located in Amarillo, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Amarillo College also made our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Amarillo College is $5,578 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students.

Full Amarillo College Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

#3

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Texas Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. NTCC is a public institution located in Mount Pleasant, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree mortuary science students list, NTCC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NTCC is $8,110 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students.

Full Northeast Texas Community College Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

#4

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Antonio College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 26 associates’s mortuary science 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. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $5,882 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students.

Full San Antonio College Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 88 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Dallas Institute of Funeral Service also took the #5 spot 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.

Read more about Funeral & Mortuary Science at Dallas Institute of Funeral Service

#6

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

Mesa Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Mesa Community College is a public institution located in Mesa, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #7 spot in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $9,669 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students.

Full Mesa Community College Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

With a ranking of #7, Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 145 degrees to qualified associates’s mortuary science students in 2019-2020.

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is $26,767 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students.

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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