2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service
4
Ranked Colleges
310
Degrees Awarded
$34,200
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Funeral Direction/Service is the 831st most popular major in the country with 310 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in funeral direction/service. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality funeral direction/service programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the funeral direction/service program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service”.
Top 4 Best Funeral Direction/Service Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service list. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s funeral direction/service degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
Wayne State also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 26,241 students enrolled at Wayne State, 470 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 244 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,101. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Wayne State offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service list. Lake Washington Institute of Technology is a public institution located in Kirkland, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
LWTech also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 3,319 students enrolled at LWTech, 139 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 106 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,241. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at LWTech]](/colleges/lake-washington-institute-of-technology/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s funeral direction/service degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
MATC also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 333 of the 12,618 students enrolled at MATC were GI Bill® students, of which 132 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,896. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. MATC offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at MATC]](/colleges/milwaukee-area-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Funeral Direction/Service list. Located in Jeffersonville, Indiana, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified ’s funeral direction/service students in 2020-2021.
Mid-America College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 92 students enrolled at Mid-America College were GI Bill® students, of which 5 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,852. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Mid-America College]](/colleges/mid-america-college-of-funeral-service/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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