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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
310 Degrees Awarded
$9,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the 211th most popular major in the country with 2,058 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, funeral and mortuary science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,096 and had an average of $14,560 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 429 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,725 and $15,250 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 310 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in funeral and mortuary science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality funeral and mortuary science 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 funeral and mortuary science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Funeral & Mortuary Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amarillo College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school situated in Amarillo, Texas. It awarded 11 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Amarillo College, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Amarillo College is $5,506 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #2 spot on the list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $6,189 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#3

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Texas Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Mount Pleasant, Texas, this small public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s mortuary science students in 2019-2020.

NTCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $7,441 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend NTCC.

Full NTCC Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Chandler, Arizona. It awarded 35 associates’s mortuary science degrees in 2019-2020.

Chandler-Gilbert Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,789 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Full Chandler-Gilbert Community College Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

#5

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mesa Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Mesa, Arizona is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s mortuary science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,317 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Mortuary Science students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mesa Community College.

Full Mesa Community College Funeral & Mortuary Science Report

Dallas Institute of Funeral Service did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mortuary Science Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is located in Dallas, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 88 associates’s mortuary science degrees to qualified students.

Dallas Institute of Funeral Service not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is $17,523 for southwest region associate degree mortuary science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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).
  • 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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