2022 Best Value Mortuary Science and Embalming Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students 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 “Best Value Mortuary Science and Embalming Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer is the 988th most popular major in the country with 105 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 87 mortuary science and embalming/embalmer graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 79 mortuary science and embalming/embalmer graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mortuary science and embalming/embalmer programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mortuary science and embalming/embalmer program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mortuary Science and Embalming Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mortuary Science and Embalming Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service

Decatur, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$14,483 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science and Embalming Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Decatur, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 79 degrees to qualified associates’s mortuary science and embalming students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service is $14,483 for southeast region associate degree mortuary science and embalming students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 100%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer at Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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