by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in Arkansas” ranking.
Funeral & Mortuary Science is the 196th most popular major in the country with 2,354 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Arkansas, there were 64 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,801 and $17,812 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in funeral and mortuary science. To top this list, a school must have a successful funeral and mortuary science program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The mortuary science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in Arkansas”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas mortuary science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Mountain Home landed the #1 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Mountain Home is located in Mountain Home, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 ’s mortuary science degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in Arkansas list. University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is a small public school situated in Hope, Arkansas. It awarded 31 ’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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