2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Mortuary Science
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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 Virginia for Mortuary Science” 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 Virginia, there were 40 funeral and mortuary science graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,742 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Mortuary Science” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in funeral and mortuary science. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent funeral and mortuary science programs, but they also offer a lot of support to 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Mortuary Science
The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia vets studying mortuary science.
Top 2 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges for Veterans in Virginia
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Mortuary Science that were part of this year’s ranking, Tidewater Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large school located in Norfolk, Virginia that handed out 12 ’s mortuary science degrees in 2020-2021.
Tidewater Community College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Our most recent data shows that 49 of the 16,769 students enrolled at Tidewater Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 45 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,391. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Tyler Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for Mortuary Science list. Located in Chester, Virginia, this medium-sized public school awarded 28 degrees to qualified ’s mortuary science students in 2020-2021.
John Tyler Community College also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 519 of the 9,440 students enrolled at John Tyler Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 348 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,512. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.