Career Programs at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is $15,313 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service offers the alternative tuition plans .

40% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $1,347 (exclude student loans).

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$15,313
Average Financial Amount	$1,347

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service offers 1 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 183 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	1	1	23
Total	1	1	183

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

23 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
160 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate
Associate's

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✔	23 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✔	23	-
	Total	23

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✔	160 completers	-
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	✔	160	-
	Total	160

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 275 students are attending at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service. There are 2 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 10 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 33 to 1 (3.03%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 7 (full-time) and 12 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is 72% and the retention rate is 43% at the school.

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	275
Graduation Rate	72%
Number of Faculty	12
Student to Faculty Ratio	33 to 1

Student Population at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 272 students enrolled into Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service. By gender, 90 male and 182 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service.

Student Population By Gender
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
	Total	Male	Female
Total	272	90	182
Full-time	254	84	170
Part-tme	18	6	12

There are 139 White (51.10%), 86 Black/African American (31.62%), 40 Hispanic (14.71%), 2 Asian (0.74%), and 44 students with other races attending Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
	Total	Male	Female
Total	272	90	182
American Indian/Native American	4	2	2
Asian	2	1	1
Black/African American	86	25	61
Hispanic	40	12	28
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	139	50	89
Two More	0	0	0
Un-Known	0	0	0
Non-resident Alien	0	0	0

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

218 students (80.15% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively . The following table summarizes the online student population for Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service.

Distance Learning Student Population at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
	Number of Students
Total	272
Enrolled Online Exclusively	218
Enrolled Some Online Courses	0
Not in Online Courses	54

By age range, at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, 35 students are aged 20 to 24 (12.87% of total students), 11 students are aged below 20 (4.04%), 29 students are aged above 50 (14.71%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
	Total	Male	Female
Total	272	90	182
Age 18-19	11	0	11
Age 20-21	16	5	11
Age 22-24	19	6	13
Age 25-29	63	27	36
Age 30-34	54	16	38
Age 35-39	41	9	32
Age 40-49	39	17	22
Age 50-64	20	8	12
Over 64	9	2	7

Directory and Accreditation Information

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is accredited by American Board of Funeral Service Education, Committee on Accreditation (4/13/1988 - Current).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service.

415 Barren Springs Dr, Houston, TX

281-873-0262

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