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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,229 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,731 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mortuary science majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Funeral & Mortuary Science

Our 2023 rankings named Mid-America College of Funeral Service the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for funeral and mortuary science students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Jeffersonville, Mid-America College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mid-America College are $16,960 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, mortuary science majors at Mid-America College accumulate an average of around $27,048 in student debt.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Mid-America College of Funeral Service Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cincinnati.

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science undergraduate students pay an average of $23,000 in tuition and fees each year. On average, mortuary science graduates from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science take out $28,790 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Funeral & Mortuary Science at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science

#3

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wayne State are $32,727 a year.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Wayne State University Report

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral and mortuary science schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 32
Ohio 89
Illinois 108
Indiana 83
Wisconsin 16

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

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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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