2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Mortuary Science” 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 New England region, there were 47 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,625 and $31,053 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great funeral and mortuary science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the funeral and mortuary science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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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 Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Mortuary Science” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Mortuary Science
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region vets studying mortuary science.
Top 1 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend FINE Mortuary College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Mortuary Science. This small school is located in Norwood, Massachusetts, and it awarded 14 ’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
FINE Mortuary College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 100 students enrolled at FINE Mortuary College, 6 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 4 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,481. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
[Read full report on veteran student life at FINE Mortuary College]](/colleges/fine-mortuary-college-llc/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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