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2023 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$51,139 Avg Salary
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mortuary Science for a Bachelor's

When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Funeral & Mortuary Science is the 196th most popular major in the country with 2,354 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, funeral and mortuary science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $35,476 and had an average of $21,232 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 128 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,584 and $18,862 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great funeral 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 funeral and mortuary science program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 1 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Mortuary Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities supports 52,017 students, and 752 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 436 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,020. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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