Private nonprofit · Community college

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

Houston, Texas · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $44,047
Avg net price: 55%
Grad / completion: $37,786
Median earnings

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Houston, Texas (large city setting), enrolling 254 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 254 undergradsLarge cityAccessible · 86% admit

About Houston, Texas

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the Southern United States. However, the land then remained largely uninhabited from the late 1700s until settlement in the 1830s. Located in the American South, Houston is a diverse city with a large and growing international community. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 16 miles to Houston, TX
To the ocean: 28 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) · major hub

How Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service compares

Selectivity86.4%

More selective than 45% · #6 most selective of 11 in Texas

SAT average1110

Higher than 71%

Graduation rate55%

Higher than 42% · #161 of 253 in Texas

First-year retention35%

Higher than 4%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$37,786

Higher than 59% · #73 of 206 in Texas

Average net price$44,047

Cheaper than 1% · #252 cheapest of 252 in Texas

Median debt at graduation$9,500

Lower than 57%

Student–faculty ratio29 : 1

Lower than 6%

Undergraduate enrollment254

Larger than 50%

Percentiles compare Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Texas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women17669%
Men7831%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White51%
Black22%
Hispanic23%
Other or multiracial3.2%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 254
Student–faculty ratio: 29 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 41%
First-generation students: 46%
Students over 25: 73%
Median family income: $24,573
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $46,251

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $15,313
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: $45,244
Average net price: $44,047

Admissions

Admission rate: 86.4%
Test scores: Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %): 996–1271
SAT average: 1110
SAT reading: 498–678
SAT math: 498–593
ACT composite: —
Average GPA (estimated): 3.19

Outcomes

Graduated: 55%
First-year retention: 35%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $44,813
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $37,786
Median debt at graduation: $9,500
Students with federal loans: 51%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 44%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$44,047

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

—

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $37,786
Typical debt at graduation: $9,500
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 48%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$33,151

Men

$48,062

Men out-earn women by $14,911 (45%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 95°F
Winter low: 44°F
Annual rain: 51.8″
Annual snow: 0.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Houston Intercont AP, TX US station (4.2 mi from campus).

What Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service graduates study — and earn

Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssoc.

147 grads$46k 1 yr$46k 5 yr$12k debt

147$46,268$46,118$11,625 Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceCert.

19 grads$47k 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

19$47,424——

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.