2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$30,500
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 in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 277 general funeral service and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general funeral service and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 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 Middle Atlantic Region for General Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree vets studying general mortuary science.
Top 1 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for General Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s list. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general mortuary science degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
Point Park also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking.Among the 3,591 students enrolled at Point Park, 110 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 68 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,640. During this same period, 18 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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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