2025 Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Funeral & Mortuary Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #72 most popular associate degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 282 associate degrees in funeral & mortuary science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

Your choice of funeral & mortuary science for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on funeral & mortuary science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of funeral & mortuary science students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for funeral & mortuary science to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized funeral & mortuary science related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Funeral & Mortuary Science in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for an Associate in Mortuary Science

1

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
Cincinnati, OH

13 Annual Graduates

Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science. Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Cincinnati.More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science

2

Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI

27 Annual Graduates

Milwaukee Area Technical College is a great choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science. MATC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Milwaukee.More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Milwaukee Area Technical College

3

Vincennes University
Vincennes, IN

17 Annual Graduates

$44,581 Median Starting Salary

Vincennes University is a good option for individuals pursuing an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science. Vincennes University is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Vincennes.

Associate recipients from the funeral & mortuary science program at Vincennes University get $2,658 above the average graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Vincennes University

4

Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis, IN

19 Annual Graduates

$37,506 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in funeral & mortuary science has to take a look at Ivy Tech Community College. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

After graduation, mortuary science associate recipients generally earn about $37,506 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Ivy Tech Community College

5

Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Wheeling, IL

87 Annual Graduates

$50,043 Median Starting Salary

Located in the large suburb of Wheeling, Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Funeral & Mortuary Science associate degree recipients from Worsham College of Mortuary Science earn a boost of approximately $8,120 above the typical earnings of funeral & mortuary science majors.

More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Worsham College of Mortuary Science

6

Mid-America College of Funeral Service
Jeffersonville, IN

75 Annual Graduates

$35,564 Median Starting Salary

Mid-America College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Jeffersonville.

Associate graduates who receive their degree from the mortuary science program earn an average of $35,564 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a associate in funeral & mortuary science from Mid-America College of Funeral Service

Best Funeral & Mortuary Science Colleges by State

Explore the best funeral & mortuary science schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	196	21
Michigan	192	2
Indiana	123	55
Illinois	119	88
Wisconsin	114	16

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Funeral & Mortuary Science Related Rankings by Major

Funeral & Mortuary Science is one of 4 different types of Personal & Culinary Services programs to choose from.

Mortuary Science Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science	252
Mortuary Science & Embalming/Embalmer	25
Other Funeral Service & Mortuary Science	5

Majors Similar to Mortuary Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts	675
Cosmetology	55
Other Personal & Culinary Services	6

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.