Private nonprofit · Community college

Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: —
Avg net price: 89%
Grad / completion: $53,524
Median earnings

Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (large city setting), enrolling 351 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private nonprofitSmall · 351 undergradsLarge cityCold winters

About Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The Seneca people called the confluence of the rivers Diondega or Jaödeogë’. Shannopin's Town was an 18th-century Lenape (Delaware) town located roughly from where Penn Avenue is today, below the mouth of Two Mile Run, from 30th Street to 39th Street. Pittsburgh boasts a rich arts and culture scene, with a history dating back to 19th-century industrialists who commissioned and donated public works including Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts and the Benedum Center, home to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Opera. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 4 miles to Pittsburgh, PA
To Great Lakes shore: 110 miles
Nearest airport: 16 miles to Pittsburgh (PIT) · major hub

How Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc compares

Graduation rate89%

Higher than 89% · #20 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention82%

Higher than 67%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$53,524

Higher than 93% · #26 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$19,295

Lower than 7%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment351

Larger than 56%

Percentiles compare Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc 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 Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women21160%
Men14040%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White85%
Black9.4%
Hispanic2.9%
Asian1.7%
Other or multiracial0.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 351
Student–faculty ratio: 14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 23%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 56%
Median family income: $33,894
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $38,619

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

Outcomes

Graduated: 89%
First-year retention: 82%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $46,066
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $53,524
Median debt at graduation: $19,295
Students with federal loans: 46%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 46%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students

89%

Low-income (Pell)

57%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: $50

Campus safety

Safety grade: B
Reported offenses per 1,000 students: 0.9 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024): 1
Property offenses (2022–2024): 0

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year

0.3 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Aggravated assault

0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

30%

of first-years get a grant from the school

$704

average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 30% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $704. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 44 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $53,524
Typical debt at graduation: $19,295
Debt vs. one year's pay: 36%
Out-earn a HS grad: 59%

Typical debt would take roughly 3.6 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

$48,653

Men

$63,849

Men out-earn women by $15,196 (31%) 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: 84°F
Winter low: 22°F
Annual rain: 40.6″
Annual snow: 25″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Braddock Lock 2, PA US station (6 mi from campus).

What Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc graduates study — and earn

Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssoc.

75 grads$50k 1 yr$55k 5 yr$22k debt

75$50,340$55,103$21,812 Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceCert.

5 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

5———Funeral Service and Mortuary Science

— grads— 1 yr$46k 5 yr— debt

——$46,315—

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.