2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science in Michigan

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mortuary Science Major in Michigan” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 2,354 people earned their degree in funeral and mortuary science, making the major the 196th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, funeral and mortuary science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,476 and had an average of $21,232 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 32 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,187 and $18,000 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 2 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,608 and $18,344 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mortuary Science Major in Michigan” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in funeral and mortuary science. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in funeral and mortuary science.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mortuary Science Major in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mortuary Science Major in Michigan”.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science in Michigan

1

Wayne County Community College District
Detroit, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne County Community College District. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mortuary Science Major in Michigan list. WCCCD is a public institution located in Detroit, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Wayne County Community College District Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

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Gogebic Community College
Ironwood, Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Mortuary Science Major in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Gogebic Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Gogebic Community College is a public institution located in Ironwood, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Funeral & Mortuary Science at Gogebic Community College

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science in the Great Lakes Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.