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Tidewater Community College

Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, General (12.0301)
Associate's Degree - Applied
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Funeral Services
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: AAS
2010 CIP Code: 120301

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesNo

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  05/2007
Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)  03/2007
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-19513210
2019-20483214
2020-21462912
2021-22885918
2022-23734721

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
5.1762$ 3,739




The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.



Program Graduates by Domicile
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2018-1910010
2019-2013114
2020-2111112
2021-2216218
2022-2320121
Five Year Summary70575
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years0180275744075



Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.





Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)4856%$38,510$57,591$74,827
2013-14 (8 years)7957%$41,626$55,141$65,335
2016-17 (5 years)9068%$41,995$57,892$69,604
2018-19 (3 years)7271%$38,472$52,734$66,884
2020-21 (18 months)6677%$33,566$45,134$53,765



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-184652.9%$ 4,310$ 9,945$ 13,742$ 22,812
2014-15 to 2018-194055.6%$ 4,948$ 9,945$ 14,792$ 21,832
2015-16 to 2019-203650.7%$ 4,868$ 9,823$ 14,654$ 20,547
2016-17 to 2020-213553.0%$ 4,948$ 9,935$ 15,705$ 22,538
2017-18 to 2021-223450.7%$ 5,940$ 14,571$ 16,581$ 26,251
Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.
Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-184652.9%$ 4,310$ 9,945$ 13,742$ 22,812
2014-15 to 2018-194055.6%$ 4,948$ 9,945$ 16,324$ 21,832
2015-16 to 2019-203650.7%$ 4,868$ 9,823$ 16,356$ 20,547
2016-17 to 2020-213553.0%$ 4,948$ 9,935$ 17,456$ 22,538
2017-18 to 2021-223450.7%$ 5,940$ 14,571$ 19,037$ 27,725


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