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General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science at East Mississippi Community College

General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science at East Mississippi Community College

If you are interested in studying general funeral service & mortuary science, you may want to check out the program at East Mississippi Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

EMCC is located in Scooba, Mississippi and has a total student population of 3,392.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science section at the bottom of this page.

EMCC General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in General Mortuary Science

EMCC General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Rankings

General Mortuary Science Student Demographics at EMCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general mortuary science majors at East Mississippi Community College.

EMCC General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of general mortuary science associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in general mortuary science at EMCC are white. Around 69% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Mississippi Community College with a associate's in general mortuary science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That General Mortuary Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in general mortuary science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for East Mississippi Community College.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors 310 $35,630
Embalmers 60 $38,890

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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