Funeral Direction/Service is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #831 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Funeral Direction/Service Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 278 degrees in funeral direction/service annually.
Your choice of funeral direction/service school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for funeral direction/service schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Funeral Direction/Service Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Funeral Direction/Service Schools list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Funeral Direction/Service in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of funeral direction/service degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Wayne State University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in funeral direction/service. Located in the city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
There were about 31 funeral direction/service students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.
Mid-America College of Funeral Service is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in funeral direction/service. Located in the large suburb of Jeffersonville, Mid-America College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 19 funeral direction/service students who graduated with this degree at Mid-America College in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in funeral direction/service has to check out Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, PIMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 67 funeral direction/service students who graduated with this degree at PIMS in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of funeral direction/service school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for funeral direction/service schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
