Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service

Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service is a private nonprofit two-year institution located in Decatur, Georgia, specializing in mortuary science education. The college enrolls 955 students (IPEDS 2023) and holds a quality score of 60.67 out of 100. It reports a 62% completion rate and an 89% retention rate (IPEDS 2023), with the strong retention figure indicating that students who begin the program largely continue through to subsequent terms.

The college offers a certificate program in Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, General. This program covers embalming, restorative art, funeral directing, grief counseling, and business management aspects of funeral service. Graduates are prepared to sit for the National Board Examination administered by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards.

Decatur sits in a large suburban area immediately adjacent to Atlanta, Georgia, giving students access to the extensive funeral service industry across the greater Atlanta metropolitan region. Gupton-Jones is one of a relatively small number of institutions nationwide dedicated exclusively to funeral service education, which gives it a specialized focus that general community colleges typically cannot match. Students seeking a career in mortuary science across the southeastern United States will find this institution's dedicated curriculum and industry connections directly aligned with their professional goals.