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Funeral & Mortuary Science at University of Central Oklahoma

Funeral & Mortuary Science at University of Central Oklahoma

If you plan to study funeral & mortuary science, take a look at what University of Central Oklahoma has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCO is located in Edmond, Oklahoma and approximately 14,132 students attend the school each year.

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

UCO Funeral & Mortuary Science Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mortuary Science

UCO Funeral & Mortuary Science Rankings

The mortuary science major at UCO is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Funeral & Mortuary Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Mortuary Science Student Demographics at UCO

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mortuary science majors at University of Central Oklahoma.

UCO Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of mortuary science bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mortuary science bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor's in mortuary science.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 8

Concentrations Within Funeral & Mortuary Science

If you plan to be a mortuary science major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Central Oklahoma. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science 19

Careers That Mortuary Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 OK, the home state for University of Central Oklahoma.

Occupation Jobs in OK Average Salary in OK
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors 390 $55,370
Funeral Service Managers 160 $77,100
Embalmers 130 $48,360

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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