2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Funeral Direction/Service Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 310 people earned their degree in funeral direction/service, making the major the 831st most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 63 funeral direction/service graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 funeral direction/service graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Funeral Direction/Service Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in funeral direction/service. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in funeral direction/service.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Funeral Direction/Service Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Most Well Attended Funeral Direction/Service Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region bachelor’s degree funeral direction/service students.

Top 2 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service in the Great Lakes Region

1

Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Funeral Direction/Service Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Detroit, Michigan, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s funeral direction/service students in 2020-2021.

Full Wayne State University Funeral Direction/Service Report

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Mid-America College of Funeral Service
Jeffersonville, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Funeral Direction/Service Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s funeral direction/service degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Funeral Direction/Service

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.