2025 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you pursue a associate degree in general funeral service & mortuary science, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #90 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 60 associate degrees in general funeral service & mortuary science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science School for Your Associate Degree

The general mortuary science associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general funeral service & mortuary science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general funeral service & mortuary science students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general funeral service & mortuary science related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general funeral service & mortuary science students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Schools

The general mortuary science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general funeral service & mortuary science.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in General Mortuary Science

1

Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in general funeral service & mortuary science has to take a look at Des Moines Area Community College. DMACC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny.More information about a associate in general funeral service & mortuary science from Des Moines Area Community College

2

Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City, KS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in general funeral service & mortuary science has to take a look at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Located in the midsize city of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in general funeral service & mortuary science from Kansas City Kansas Community College

3

Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in general funeral service & mortuary science needs to check out Saint Louis Community College. Located in the suburb of Bridgeton, Saint Louis Community College is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in general funeral service & mortuary science from Saint Louis Community College

Best General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best general funeral service & mortuary science colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	275	16
Missouri	210	12
Iowa	200	27
Nebraska	163	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Mortuary Science

One of 3 majors within the Funeral & Mortuary Science area of study, General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.