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Mortuary College Scholarships

Scholarships through your school.

Many accredited mortuary science programs offer scholarships directly to their students. Contact the program coordinator at your school of choice to learn what’s available. For questions about any listing, contact NFDA’s Education Department at education@nfda.org or 262-789-1880.

Find Scholarships by State

Jefferson State Community College
2601 Carson Road
Birmingham, AL 35215
Venus NR Smith, Program Coordinator
Phone: (205) 856-7841
Email: vriley@jeffersonstate.edu
http://www.jeffersonstate.edu/programs/funeral-service-education
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
7440 East Tahoe Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85212
Donna Backhaus, Program Director
Phone: (480) 988-8503
Email: donna.backhaus@cgc.edu
http://www.cgc.edu/academics/healthsciences/mortuary
Arkansas State University Mountain Home 
1600 South College Street
Mountain Home, AR 72653
Matt Buel, Program Director
Phone: (870) 508-6157
Email: mbuel@asumh.edu
http://asumh.edu/degrees-and-programs/business-and-technology/degree/19/funeral-science

University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana
P.O. Box 140
Hope, AR 71802
Brad Sheppard, Program Director
Phone: (870) 722-8523
Email: brad.sheppard@uaht.edu
www.uaht.edu/academics/programs/uaht-programs/associate-ofapplied-science-in-funeral-service-education
American River College
4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA 95841
Valarie M. Rose, Funeral Service Education Coordinator
Phone: (916) 484-8145
Email: rosev@arc.losrios.edu
http://arc.losrios.edu/academics/programs-and-majors/funeral-service-education

Cypress College
9200 Valley View Street
Cypress, CA 90630
Jolena M. Grande, Program Director
Phone: (714) 484-7278
Email: jgrande@cypresscollege.edu
http://www.cypresscollege.edu/academics/divisions-special-programs/healthscience/mortuary-science
Arapahoe Community College
5900 S. Santa Fe Drive
Littleton, CO 80160
Faith Haug, Program Chair
Phone: (303) 797-5954
Email: faith.haug@arapahoe.edu
http://www.arapahoe.edu/departments-and-programs/a-z-programs/mortuary-science
Goodwin College
One Riverside Drive
Building #167
East Hartford, CT 06118
Jesse M. Gomes, Program Director
Phone: (860) 913-2189
Email: jgomes@goodwin.edu
http://www.goodwin.edu/majors/funeral-service
University of District of Columbia Community College
801 North Capitol St. NE
Washington, DC 20002
Joanna Ellsberry, Program Director
Phone: (202) 274-5651
Email: joanna.ellsberry@udc.edu
http://www.udc.edu/cc/programs-majors/mortuary-science-aas
Florida State College at Jacksonville
4501 Capper Road
Jacksonville, FL 32218
Howard R. Beckham Jr., Program Director
Phone: (904) 766-6622
Email: hrbeckham@fscj.edu
http://www.fscj.edu/academics/areas-of-study/health-human-services/funeral-services-as

Miami-Dade Community College: MDC North Campus
11380 NW 27 Ave.
Miami, FL 33167-3418
Joseph Finocchiaro, Program Coordinator
Phone: (305) 237-1244
Email: jfinocch@mdc.edu
http://www.mdc.edu/north/funeralsciences

St. Petersburg College
7200 N. 66th Street
Pinellas Park, FL 33781
Kevin Davis, Program Director
Phone: (727) 341-3781
Email: davis.kevin@spcollege.edu
http://www.spcollege.edu/funeral
Gupton-Jones College
5141 Snapfinger Woods Drive
Decatur, GA 30035
Khadijah McDaniel, Academic Dean
Phone: (770) 670-4017
Email:kmcdaniel@gupton-jones.edu
http://www.gupton-jones.edu

Ogeechee Technical College
Department of Funeral Service Education
One Joseph E. Kennedy Boulevard
Statesboro, GA 30458
Michele F. Rupar, Program Director
Phone: (800) 646-1316 or (912) 681-5500
Email: mrupar@ogeecheetech.edu
http://www.ogeecheetech.edu/627
Carl Sandburg College
2400 Tom L. Wilson Boulevard
Galesburg, IL 61401
Timothy J. Krause, Educational Coordinator
Phone: (309) 345-8501
Email: tkrause@sandburg.edu
http://www.sandburg.edu/Academics/Degree-Certificates/Mortuary-Science/index.html

Malcolm X College
Mortuary Science Program
1900 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60612
Karen Scott, Program Director
Phone: (312) 850-7214
Email: kscott56@ccc.edu
http://www.ccc.edu/programs/Pages/Mortuary-Science-Associate-in-Applied-Science.aspx 

Southern Illinois University
Mortuary Science and Funeral Service
1365 Douglas Drive, Mail Code 6615
Carbondale, IL 62901
Anthony T. Fleege, Program Director
Phone:(618) 453-5698
Email: splash@siu.edu
http://www.sah.su.edu/undergraduate/mortuary-science-funeral-service 

Worsham College of Mortuary Science
495 Northgate Parkway
Wheeling, IL 60090
Leili A. McMurrough, Program Director
Phone: (847) 808-8444
Email: lmcmurrough@worsham.edu
http://www.worsham.edu/academics/associate-degree-in-mortuary-science 
Ivy Tech Community College-Central Indiana
9301 E. 59th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46216
Brian D. Miller, Program Chair
Phone: (317) 921-4325
Email: bdmiller@iveytech.edu
http://www.ivytech.edu/mortuary-science/index.html

Ivy Tech Community College-Lake County Campus
410 E. Columbus Drive
East Chicago, IN 46312
Nhemya C. Ward, Program Chair
Phone: (219) 392-3600
Email: nward4@ivytech.edu
http://www.ivytech.edu/mortuary-science/index.html

Mid-America College of Funeral Service
3111 Hamburg Pike
Jeffersonville, IN 47130
David Hess, President
Phone:812-288-8878
Email: dhess@mid-america.edu
http://www.mid-america.edu/academics/programs-degrees

Vincennes University
1002 North First Street
Vincennes, IN 47591
Geoffrey Hodgson, Program Director
Phone: (812) 888-5469
Email: ghodgson@vinu.edu
http://www.vinu.edu/web/guest/major/funeral-service-education-a-s-career-tech 
Des Moines Area Community College
2006 South Ankeny Boulevard
Ankeny, IA 50023
Kevin E. Patterson, Program Director
Phone: (515) 964-6244
Email: kepatterson@dmacc.edu
http://funeral.dmacc.edu
Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66112
Wiley D. Wright, Coordinator
Phone: (913) 288-7607
Email: wwright@kckcc.edu
http://www.kckcc.edu/files/docs/degrees-and-certficates/aas/mortuary-science-aas.pdf
Delgado Community College
615 City Park Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70119
Constance S. Barrowe, Program Director
Phone: (504) 671-6245
Email: cgreen@dcc.edu
http://www.dcc.edu/academics/allied-health/programs/funeral-service-education
Community College of Baltimore County – Catonsville
Mortuary Science Department
800 S. Rolling Rd.
Catonsville, MD 21228
Brian W. Burke, Program Director
Phone: (443) 840-4924
Email: bburke@ccbcmd.edu
https://www.ccbcmd.edu/programs-and-courses-finder/program/mortuary-science
FINE Mortuary College, LLC
150 Kerry Place
Norwood, MA 02062
Melissa Cyfers, Program Director
Phone: (781) 762-1211
Email: mcyfers@fmc.edu
http://www.fmc.edu

Cape Cod Community College
Bridgewater State University, East Campus
Burnell Hall
66 Hooper St.
Bridgewater, MA 02325
Daniel C. Shea, Program Coordinator
Phone: (508) 375-5036
Email: dshea@capecod.edu
https://www.capecod.edu/catalog/2018-2019/programs/as-funeral-service.html
Wayne State University
5439 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
Mark T. Evely, Program Director
Phone: (313) 577-2050
Email: evely@wayne.edu
http://www.mortsci.wayne.edu
University of Minnesota
MMC 740, 420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Michael P. LuBrant, Ph.D., Program Director
Phone: (612) 624-6464
Email: mpl@umn.edu
http://www.mortuaryscience.umn.edu
East Mississippi Community College
P.O. Box 158
Scooba, MS 39358
Kevin Hurt, Director
Phone: (662) 476-5101
Email: khurt@eastms.edu
http://www.eastms.edu/programs/career-technical/funeral-service-technology.html

Northwest Mississippi Community College
5197 W.E. Ross Parkway
Southaven, MS 38671
Ebone Dukes, Program Director
Phone: (662) 280-6136
Email: edukes@northwestms.edu
http://www.northwestms.edu/index.php/?page_id=1447
St. Louis Community College at Forest Park
5600 Oakland Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110
David A. Coughran, Program Director
Phone: (314) 644-9327
Email: dcoughran@stlcc.edu
http://www.stlcc.edu/programs-academics/pathways/human-studies/funeral-services-education.aspx
Eastwick College
250 Moore St.
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Rosemarie Reilly, Funeral Service Program Director
Phone: (201) 488-5062
Email: rreilly@eastwick.edu
http://www.eastwick.edu

Mercer County Community College
1200 Old Trenton Rd.
West Windsor, NJ 08550
Michael T. Daley, Director of Funeral Service Programs
Phone: (609) 570-3472
Email: daleym@mccc.edu
http://www.mccc.edu/funeral
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service Education
619 West 54th St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Tracy Lentz, Program Director
Phone: (212) 757-1190
Email: tlentz@aami.edu
http://www.aami.edu

Hudson Valley Community College
80 Vandenburgh Ave
Troy, NY 12180
Lori Q. Purcell, Department Chair
Phone: (518) 629-7334
Email: l.purcell@hvcc.edu
https://www.hvcc.edu/hsc/mts/index.html

Nassau Community College
357 East Road
Garden City, NY 11530
Michael F. Mastellone, Chair
Phone: (516) 572-7277
Email: michael.mastellone@ncc.edu
https://www.ncc.edu/programsandcourses/academic_departments/mortuary_science

State University of New York – At Canton
34 Cornell Drive, Cook 109
Canton, NY 13617
David R. Penepent, PhD, CFSP, Director
Phone: (315) 386-7170
Email: penepentd@canton.edu
https://www.canton.edu/sci_health/fsad
Fayetteville Technical Community College
2201 Hull Road
Fayetteville, NC 28303
Ronald L. Montgomery, Jr., Department Chair
Phone: (910) 678-8301
Email: montgomr@faytechcc.edu
https://www.faytechcc.edu/academics/public-service-programs/funeral-service-education
Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science
645 W. North Bend Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45224
Jack E. Lechner, Jr., President
Phone: (513) 761-2020
Email: info@ccms.edu
https://www.ccms.edu
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N. University Dr.
Edmond, OK 73034
John B. Fritch, Program Chair
Phone: (405) 974-5001
Email: jfritch@uco.edu
https://www.uco.edu/funeral
MT Hood Community College
26000 SE Stark St
Gresham, OR 97030
Doug T. Ferrin, Director
Phone: (503) 491-6940
Email: doug.ferrin@mhcc.edu
https://www.catalog.mhcc.edu/programs-majors/funeral-service-education-degree
Northampton Community College
3835 Green Pond Rd
Bethlehem, PA 18020
Tony L. Moore, Program Director
Phone: (610) 861-5576
Email: tmoore@northampton.edu
http://www.northampton.edu/funeral-service-education

Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science
5808 Baum Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Barry T. Lease, Program Director/CAO
Phone: (412) 362-8500
Email: pims5808email@gmail.com
http://www.pims.edu
Piedmont Technical College
P.O. Box 1467
Greenwood, SC 29648
David B. Martin, Academic Program Director
Phone: (864) 941-8774
Email: martin.d@ptc.edu
https://www.ptc.edu/cost-financial-aid
John A. Gupton College
1616 Church St
Nashville, TN 37203
B. Steven Spann, President
Phone: (615) 327-3927
Email: spann@guptoncollege.edu
https://www.guptoncollege.edu
Amarillo College
6229 W. 9th St. West Campus, Bld C, Room 106
Amarillo, TX 79106
Brant E. Davis, Program Director
Phone: (806) 354-6035
Email: bedavis@actx.edu
http://www.actx.edu

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
415 Barren Springs Dr
Houston, TX 77090
Glenn A. Bower, President/CEO
Phone: (281) 873-0262
Email: g.bower@commonwealth.edu
http://www.commonwealth.edu

Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
3909 S. Buckner Blvd
Dallas, TX 75227
Wayne Cavender, President
Phone: (214) 388-5466
Email: difs@dallasinstitute.edu
https://www.dallasinstitute.edu

Northeast Texas Community College
2886 FM 1735, Chapel Hill Rd
Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
Rebecca M.R. Gardner, Program Director
Phone: (903) 434-8314
Email: rgardner@ntcc.edu
https://www.ntcc.edu/funeralservice
Salt Lake Community College
3491 West Wights Fort Rd
West Jordan, UT 84088
David S. Hess, Program Director
Phone: (801) 957-6205
Email: david.hess@slcc.edu
https://www.slcc.edu/mortuaryscience
John Tyler Community College
13101 Jefferson Davis Highway
Chester, VA 23831
Samuel Rhue, Interim Program Director
Phone: (804) 706-5066
Email: srhue@jtcc.edu
https://www.jtcc.edu/funeralservices

Tidewater Community College
1700 College Crescent
Virginia Beach, VA 23453
Joseph F. Walton, Program Director
Phone: (757) 822-7074
Email: jwalton@tcc.edu
https://www.tcc.edu

Lake Washington Institute of Technology
11605 132nd Avenue NE
Kirkland, WA 98034
Lisa D. Meehan, Associate Dean
Phone: (425) 739-8155
Email: lisa.meehan@lwtech.edu
https://www.lwtech.edu/academics/funeral-service
Milwaukee Area Technical College
1205 S. 70th St
West Allis, WI 53214
Gabriel M. Schauf, Program Director
Phone: (414) 456-5320
Email: schaufg@matc.edu
https://www.matc.edu/course-catalog/community-human-services/funeral-service.html