Funeral Direction/Service
Culinary, Entertainment, And Personal Services
What is it about?
A program that prepares individuals for professional licensure as funeral directors and as managers of funeral homes, cemeteries, and related services. Includes instruction in the sociology of death and dying, psychology of grief and grief counseling, history of funeral service, funeral direction, business law, funeral service law, funeral home management, accounting and related computer operations, and funeral services marketing and merchandising.
Trends
Graduates
Popularity Rank
Colleges
Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Average public university graduating class: 36 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Average private university graduating class: 15 students.
O's Insights on Funeral Direction/Service
- Major has been stable in popularity over the last 15 years.
- 71% of graduates come from public universities.
