2023 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Mississippi
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science School for You
Funeral & Mortuary Science is the #156 most popular major in Mississippi with 18 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Mississippi 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.
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.
Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality in Funeral & Mortuary Science
Our analysis found Northwest Mississippi Community College to be the best value school for funeral and mortuary science students who want to pursue a degree in Mississippi. NWCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Senatobia.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NWCC are $3,430 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Holmes Community College is a great value for funeral and mortuary science students. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.
Holmes Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,510 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Holmes Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for mortuary science in Mississippi.
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Explore all the Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 135 |
| Virginia | 40 |
| North Carolina | 74 |
| Florida | 73 |
| Tennessee | 41 |
| South Carolina | 7 |
| Louisiana | 11 |
| Arkansas | 25 |
| Alabama | 20 |
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Majors Related to Mortuary Science
Funeral & Mortuary Science is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.