2023 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Mortuary Science for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 1,917 people earned their degree in general funeral service and mortuary science, making the major the 338th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 38 general funeral service and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 general funeral service and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general funeral service and mortuary science programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general funeral service and mortuary science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Mortuary Science for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree vets studying general mortuary science.
Top 1 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for General Mortuary Science for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, FINE Mortuary College landed the #1 spot on the list. FINE Mortuary College is a small school located in Norwood, Massachusetts that handed out 14 associates’s general mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
FINE Mortuary College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.According to our most recent data, FINE Mortuary College supports 100 students, and 6 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 4 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,481. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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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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