Funeral Direction/Service

Funeral Direction/Service programs prepare 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.

While Funeral Direction/Service offers degrees up to the Associates degree, the majority of students earn a Associates degree. Students major in Funeral Direction/Service all around the US, though the major at the Associates degree level sees the most graduates in Pennsylvania. The average starting salary for a graduate with a bachelor's degree in Funeral Direction/Service is $33,350.