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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,350 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,614 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 172 degrees and certificates were awarded to funeral and mortuary science students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #144 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for mortuary science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our 2023 rankings named Northampton County Area Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for funeral and mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bethlehem.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northampton Community College are $10,350 a year. The average amount in student loans that mortuary science majors at Northampton Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $31,330.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Northampton County Area Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc is a great value for funeral and mortuary science students working on their associate degree. PIMS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Mortuary Science majors at PIMS take out an average of $22,613 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc

Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 141
Maryland 24
New Jersey 24
District of Columbia 6

Funeral & Mortuary Science is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 107,895
Culinary Arts 19,806
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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