2025 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Schools in Virginia

If you plan on majoring in general funeral service & mortuary science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #338 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Schools in Virginia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 53 degrees in general funeral service & mortuary science to qualified students.

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Pick Your General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science in Virginia

The schools below may not offer all types of general mortuary science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Virginia Schools in General Mortuary Science

1

John Tyler Community College
Chester, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

35 General Mortuary Science Degrees Awarded

20.0% Growth in Graduates

John Tyler Community College is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in general funeral service & mortuary science. Located in the suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a degree in general funeral service & mortuary science from John Tyler Community College

2

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33.3% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in general funeral service & mortuary science has to take a look at Tidewater Community College. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Norfolk.More information about a degree in general funeral service & mortuary science from Tidewater Community College

Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	73
North Carolina	710	74
Georgia	690	135
Tennessee	624	41
South Carolina	530	7
Mississippi	501	18
Alabama	500	20
Louisiana	489	11
Arkansas	466	25

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General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Related Rankings by Major

General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science is one of 3 different types of Funeral & Mortuary Science programs to choose from.

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.