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CIP PROGRAM: 12.0302
Funeral Direction/Service.

Summary: A program that prepares individuals for professional licensure as funeral directors and as managers of funeral homes, cemeteries, and related services. Includes instruction in the sociology of death and dying, psychology of grief and grief counseling, history of funeral service, funeral direction, business law, funeral service law, funeral home management, accounting and related computer operations, and funeral services marketing and merchandising.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Related Occupations

There are no occupations related specifically to this program.

National Completion Rate Trends

Year Associate'sBachelor'sMaster's
2020 97 51 -
2021 106 60 -
2022 127 51 -
2023 98 65 -
2024 77 51 -
Change +1.03% +27.45% -

Related CIPs

12 CULINARY, ENTERTAINMENT, AND PERSONAL SERVICES.
12.03 Funeral Service and Mortuary Science.
12.0301 Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, General.
12.0302 Funeral Direction/Service.
12.0303 Mortuary Science and Embalming/Embalmer.
12.0399 Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, Other.

Institutions granting degrees in Funeral Direction/Service.

Institution Degrees Granted (2024)5-Year Change
Mid-America College of Funeral Service13 +26.67%
SUNY College of Technology at Canton16 -
Wayne State University22 -13.89%