2025 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Funeral & Mortuary Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #72 most popular associate degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 57 associate degrees in funeral & mortuary science to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to funeral & mortuary science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other funeral & mortuary science students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt funeral & mortuary science students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized funeral & mortuary science related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for funeral & mortuary science students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The mortuary science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Funeral & Mortuary Science in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science.

Top New England Region Schools for an Associate in Mortuary Science

1

Goodwin College
East Hartford, CT

25 Annual Graduates

$45,261 Median Starting Salary

Goodwin College is a great decision for individuals pursuing an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science. Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of East Hartford.

After graduating, mortuary science associate recipients typically earn around $45,261 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Goodwin College

2

FINE Mortuary College
Norwood, MA

20 Annual Graduates

$52,580 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science needs to look into FINE Mortuary College. FINE Mortuary College is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Norwood.

Funeral & Mortuary Science associate degree recipients from FINE Mortuary College get an earnings boost of approximately $3,660 over the average earnings of funeral & mortuary science graduates.

More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from FINE Mortuary College

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	137	23
Connecticut	101	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Mortuary Science

One of 4 majors within the Personal & Culinary Services area of study, Funeral & Mortuary Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mortuary Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science	57

Majors Similar to Mortuary Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts	348

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.