by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Far Western US region, there were 104 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,653 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 92 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in funeral and mortuary science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in funeral and mortuary science.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Cypress College landed the #1 spot on the list. Cypress College is a fairly large public school situated in Cypress, California. It awarded 37 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend American River College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate. American River College is a large public school situated in Sacramento, California. It awarded 20 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate list. Kirkland, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. Hood Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate list. MHCC is located in Gresham, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s mortuary science degrees to qualified students.
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