Vocational Programs for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
24K	$27.90	$58,020

The role of Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is to perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners The average annual wage of the occupations is $58,020 and $28 per hour. 4 vocational programs could be taken for the Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 24,200 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is $25,125. The average length of the programs is 68 hours and the average completion time is 13.33 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

The following 4 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	20	-	-	60 Hours	11.00 Months
Funeral Direction/Service	10	$26,075	$1,500	60 Hours	11.00 Months
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science (other)	1	$24,175	$1,146	83 Hours	18.00 Months
Thanatology	2	-	-	-	-

Schools offering voational programs for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

The following 32 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.