by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 the Plains States region, there were 128 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,584 and $18,862 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in funeral and mortuary science. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in funeral and mortuary science.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Des Moines Area Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Des Moines Area Community College is a public institution located in Ankeny, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 68 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region. UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 ’s mortuary science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region. Kansas City Kansas Community College is located in Kansas City, Kansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 ’s mortuary science degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Saint Louis Community College is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 26 ’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barton County Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Barton Community College is a small school located in Great Bend, Kansas that handed out 1 ’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Northeast Community College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Mortuary Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Norfolk, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s mortuary science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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