Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
The Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service specializes in training individuals for careers as funeral directors and embalmers, offering both Associate of Applied Science degrees and Certificates in Funeral Directing. The curriculum emphasizes applied learning with required externships and hands-on labs in funeral directing, embalming, and restorative art, which can be completed on campus or through approved funeral homes. The school maintains connections within the funeral service profession, providing a resource for job seekers.
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All Programs at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
1 trade program at Commonwealth Institute, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.
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Funeral Service & Mortuary Science
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science Compare nationwide → |
51 | $47,424/yr | — |
Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.
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About This Data
TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).
The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.