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2026 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Tennessee

[Funeral & Mortuary Science](/majors/personal-and-culinary-services/funeral-mortuary-science/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong funeral & mortuary science education at a price that pays off.

For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for funeral & mortuary science students.

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• Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Tennessee

2026 Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools in Tennessee

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the funeral & mortuary science degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools

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Southwest Tennessee Community College
Memphis, TN

$4,766 In-State Tuition & Fees

$11,406 Avg Student Debt

$34,071 Median Earnings (10yr)

For return on investment in funeral & mortuary science, no school beat Southwest Tennessee Community College this year. Southwest Tennessee Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Memphis. Students from in state pay about $4,766 in tuition and fees, with out-of-state students paying around $17,750. Funeral & Mortuary Science graduates carry a median of $11,406 in student loans. Early-career funeral & mortuary science graduates make about $43,592. That is a strong return on a $11,406 median debt.

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John A Gupton College
Nashville, TN

$12,223 In-State Tuition & Fees

$17,257 Avg Student Debt

$46,902 Median Earnings (10yr)

The strong cost-to-outcome balance at John A Gupton College earned it the #2 place for funeral & mortuary science. John A Gupton College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $12,223. Students borrow a median of $17,257 to complete the funeral & mortuary science program here. Soon after graduation, funeral & mortuary science degree recipients from John A Gupton College generally make around $46,141. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 100%.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.