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2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,830 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,256 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science School for You

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #156 most popular major in Illinois with 108 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value programs for mortuary science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Funeral & Mortuary Science

#1

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL
$7,860 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Carl Sandburg College the best value school in Illinois for funeral and mortuary science students. Carl Sandburg College is a small public school located in the rural area of Galesburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Carl Sandburg College are $7,860 per year.

Full Funeral & Mortuary Science at Carl Sandburg College Report

$23,800 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Worsham College of Mortuary Science. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Wheeling, Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Worsham College of Mortuary Science are $23,800 a year. After completing their degree, mortuary science graduates from Worsham College of Mortuary Science carry an average student debtload of $19,687.

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Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 32
Ohio 89
Indiana 83
Wisconsin 16

One of 4 majors within the area of study, funeral and mortuary science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Mortuary Science

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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