2025 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science isn't the most popular bachelor's program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #582 in popularity out of 1232 majors in the country. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 82 bachelor's degrees in general funeral service & mortuary science to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general funeral service & mortuary science students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general funeral service & mortuary science students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general funeral service & mortuary science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general funeral service & mortuary science students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general funeral service & mortuary science.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Bachelor's in General Mortuary Science

1

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
Cincinnati, OH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

56 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general funeral service & mortuary science. Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Cincinnati.More information about a bachelor’s in general funeral service & mortuary science from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science

2

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, IL

23 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Southern Illinois University Carbondale if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general funeral service & mortuary science. SIUC is a fairly large public university located in the town of Carbondale.More information about a bachelor’s in general funeral service & mortuary science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best general funeral service & mortuary science schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	68
Illinois	558	20
Indiana	535	11

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General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Funeral & Mortuary Science area of study, General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Funeral Direction/Service	35

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.