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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,833 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,614 Avg Salary

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

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #200 most popular major in the country with 2,354 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for mortuary science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our 2023 rankings named Kansas City Kansas Community College the best value school in the Plains States Region for funeral and mortuary science students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Kansas City Kansas Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,510 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, mortuary science majors at Kansas City Kansas Community College accumulate an average of around $18,467 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Des Moines Area Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $10,440 per year.

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#3

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

Out of the 3 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Louis Community College are $7,155 per year.

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Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral and mortuary science schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 12
Minnesota 18
Kansas 16
Iowa 27
Nebraska 0

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 3 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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