2024 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois
1College in Illinois
135Mortuary Science Degrees Awarded
$34,256Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, funeral & mortuary science sits in the middle of the road, ranking #196 out of 395 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
There was only one school in Illinois to review for the 2024 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois ranking.
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Best Schools for Funeral & Mortuary Science in Illinois
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It is hard to beat Worsham College of Mortuary Science if you want to pursue a degree in funeral & mortuary science. Located in the large suburb of Wheeling, Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Those funeral & mortuary science students who get their degree from Worsham College of Mortuary Science earn $3,291 more than the typical mortuary science graduate.
Carl Sandburg College is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in funeral & mortuary science. Located in the rural area of Galesburg, Carl Sandburg College is a public college with a small student population.
After graduation, mortuary science degree recipients generally earn around $33,612 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).