Mortuary Schools
By Michael Bustamante
Mortuary Schools instruct in a specialized field that provides essential services for every community, in every state. Few professions provide a greater sense of service than funeral service. Funeral directors are caregivers in their communities, and many of them feel that offering compassion and guidance to people in crisis can be a rewarding and gratifying profession.
Training in mortuary services may be found in community colleges, colleges, and universities. At the community college level, Mortuary Schools provide associate degrees, with a one-year residency in a funeral home to meet requirements for entry-level careers in funeral service. College and university Mortuary Schools provide bachelor degrees in mortuary science, and educate students in all phases of funeral service to develop proficiency and skills necessary for the profession. Bachelor degrees require four years or more of education, beginning with two years of liberal arts courses.
The programs taught at Mortuary Schools include the study of the history of funeral service, practices and procedures, health sciences, rules and regulations of states and federal governments, organization and management, business law, marketing and merchandising, psychology, counseling, human anatomy, physiology, microbiology, forensic pathology, restorative art, embalming, religious studies, cultural studies, and much more.
Some Mortuary Schools require hands-on training in a licensed funeral home for gaining practical experience. Mortuary science students should be careful to choose only those schools that are accredited and meet state licensure requirements.
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Mortuary Schools in the United States
Alabama
Bishop State Community College, Funeral Services Program - Mobile | (251) 405-4435
Jefferson State Community College, Funeral Service Education - Birmingham | (205) 856-7844
Arizona
Mesa Community College, Mortuary Science Classes - Mesa | (480) 472-0800
Arkansas
Arkansas St. University Mountain Home, Mortuary Science - Mountain Home | (870) 5...
University of Arkansas Community College at Hope, Funeral Service Education - Hope | 870-722-8206
California
American River College, Funeral Service Education - Sacramento | (916) 484-8432
Cypress College Mortuary Science Department, Mortuary Science Program - Cypress | (714) 484-7270
Colorado
Arapahoe Community College, Mortuary Science Department - Littleton | (303) 797-5954
Connecticut
Briarwood College, Mortuary Science - Southington | (800) 952-2444
District of Columbia
University of District of Columbia, Mortuary Science Program - Washington | (202) 274-5220
Florida
Florida Community College, Funeral Services Program - Jacksonville | (904) 766-6622
Miami Dade Community College W.L. Philbrick School of Funeral Sciences - Miami | (30...
St. Petersburg College, Funeral Services Program - St. Petersburg | (727)-341-3781
Georgia
Gupton Jones School of Funeral Services - Decatur | (800)-848-5352
Ogeechee Technical College, Funeral Service Education - Statesboro | (800) 646-1316
Illinois
Carl Sandburg College, Mortuary Science - Associate in Applied Science - Galesburg | (30...
Malcolm X College, Department of Mortuary Science - Chicago | (312) 850-7214
Southern Illinois University, Mortuary Science & Funeral Service Program - Carbondale | (61... Bachelor of Science, Baccalaureate Degree
Worsham College of Mortuary Science - Wheeling | (847) 808-8444 Associate in Applied Science, Diploma in Mortuary Science
Indiana
Mid-America College of Funeral Service - Jeffersonville | (800)... or (812) 2... Associate in Applied Science and Bachelor of Science in Funeral
Vincennes University, Funeral Service Education Program - Vincennes | (812) 888-5469 Associate in Science or Associate of Applied Science
Kansas
Kansas Community College, Mortuary Science Department - Kansas City | (913) 288-7607 Associate in Applied Science
Louisiana
Delgado Community College, Department of Funeral Service Education - New Orleans | (504) 483-4014 or (504) 483-4537 Associate in Science
Maryland
Community College of Baltimore County, Mortuary Science Program - Catonsville | (410) 455-6950 Associate in Applied Science
Massachusetts
FINE Mortuary College - Norwood | (781) 762-1211 Associate in Applied Science in Funeral Service
New England Institute at Mount Ida College, Funeral Service, Funeral Home Management and Bereavement Studies - Newton Centre | (617) 928-4714 Associate of Science in Funeral Service, Bachelor of Science in Bereavement Studies, Bachelor of Science in Funeral Home Management, and Baccalaureate Degree
Michigan
Wayne State University, Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Mortuary Science - Detroit | (313) 365-9600 Bachelor of Science, Baccalaureate Degree
Minnesota
University of Minnesota, Program of Mortuary Science - Minneapolis | (612) 624-6464 Bachelor of Science, Baccalaureate Degree
Mississippi
East Mississippi Community College, Funeral Service Technology - Scooba | (662) 4... Associate in Applied Science
Holmes Community College, Funeral Services Technology - Ridgeland | (601) 605-3323 Associate in Applied Science
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Funeral Service Technology - Perkinston | (60... Associate in Applied Science
Northwest Mississippi Community College Funeral Service Technology Program - Southaven | (662) 280-6137 Associate in Applied Science
Missouri
St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, Department of Funeral Service Education - St. Louis | (314) 644-9327 Associate in Applied Science
New Jersey
Mercer County Community College, Funeral Service Curriculum - Trenton | (609) 586-4800, Ext. 3472 Associate of Applied Science & Certificate
New York
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service, Inc. - New York | (212) 7... Diploma in Funeral Service, Associate in Occupational Studies
Hudson Valley Community College, Mortuary Science Department - Troy | (518) 6... Associate in Applied Science
Nassau Community College, Mortuary Science Department - Garden City | (516) 5... Associate in Applied Science
Simmons Institute of Funeral Service - Syracuse | (315) 475-5142 Associate in Occupational Studies
State University of New York College of Technology at Canton, Mortuary Science Program - Canton | (315) 386-7110 Associate in Applied Science
North Carolina
Fayetteville Technical Community College, Funeral Service Education Department - Fayetteville | (910) 678-8301 Associate in Applied Science
Ohio
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science - Cincinnati | (513) 761-2020
Oklahoma
University of Central Oklahoma, Department of Funeral Service Education - Edmond | (405) 974-5193 Bachelor of Science, Certificate
Oregon
Mt. Hood Community College, Department of Funeral Service Education - Gresham | (503) 491-6941 | Associate in Applied Science
Pennsylvania
Northampton Community College, Funeral Service Education - Bethlehem | (610) 8... | Associate in Applied Science
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science - Pittsburgh | (412) 362-8500
South Carolina
Piedmont Technical College - Greenwood | (864) 941-8690 | Associate in Business/Major in Funeral Service
Tennessee
John A. Gupton College, Funeral Arts & Sciences - Nashville | (615) 327-3927 | Associates of Arts Degree
Texas
Amarillo College, Mortuary Science Program - Amarillo | (806) 856-3631 |
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service - Houston | (281) 873-0262 |
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service - Dallas | (800) 235-5444 |
San Antonio College, Mortuary Science Program - San Antonio | (210) 733-2905 | Funeral Directing (Cert.), Mortuary Science (AAS)
Virginia
John Tyler Community College, Funeral Service Program - Chester | (804) 706-5113 |Associate in Applied Science
Norfolk State University - Virginia Beach Higher Education Center, Funeral Service Certificate Program - Virginia Beach | (757) 368-4150
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Area Technical College (West Campus), Funeral Service Department - West Allis | (41...