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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

2 Ranked Colleges
38 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Funeral Direction/Service is the 872nd most popular major in the country with 242 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 52 funeral direction/service graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 38 funeral direction/service graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,075 and $25,381 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in funeral direction/service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great funeral direction/service programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the funeral direction/service program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s funeral direction/service degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region bachelor’s degree funeral direction/service students with aid list, Wayne State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Funeral Direction/Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wayne State is $13,965 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Funeral Direction/Service students with aid.

Full Wayne State University Funeral Direction/Service Report

#2

Mid-America College of Funeral Service

Jeffersonville, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Funeral Direction/Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Jeffersonville, Indiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s funeral direction/service degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Mid-America College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Funeral Direction/Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Mid-America College is $18,370 for Great Lakes Region Bachelor’s Degree Funeral Direction/Service students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Funeral Direction/Service at Mid-America College

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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