Private for-profit · Community college

Worsham College of Mortuary Science

Wheeling, Illinois · Large suburb

#4 for grad earnings in Illinois#5 most selective in Illinois

26%
Transfer rate: $26,781
Avg net price: 74%
Grad / completion: $61,574
Median earnings

Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a private for-profit associate-granting institution in Wheeling, Illinois (large suburb setting), enrolling 183 undergraduates.

Private for-profitSmall · 183 undergradsLarge suburbAccessible · 92% admitCold wintersSnowy

About Wheeling, Illinois

Wheeling is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The land that is now Wheeling, Illinois, was controlled by the Miami Confederacy (which contained the Illini and Kickapoo tribes) starting in the early 1680s. The Confederacy was driven from the area by the Iroquois and Meskwaki in the early 1700s. Wheeling has a historical museum located in Chamber Park, and is a cooperative effort with the Village of Wheeling, Wheeling Park District, Indian Trails Public Library. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large suburb
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 24 miles to Chicago, IL
To Great Lakes shore: 8 miles
Nearest airport: 12 miles to Chicago O'Hare (ORD) · major hub

How Worsham College of Mortuary Science compares

Selectivity92.0%

More selective than 33% · #5 most selective of 9 in Illinois

Graduation rate74%

Higher than 68% · #32 of 122 in Illinois

First-year retention88%

Higher than 77%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$61,574

Higher than 97% · #4 of 113 in Illinois

Average net price$26,781

Cheaper than 14% · #116 cheapest of 123 in Illinois

Median debt at graduation$15,024

Lower than 14%

Student–faculty ratio12 : 1

Lower than 73%

Undergraduate enrollment183

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Worsham College of Mortuary Science 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 Illinois.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women12970%
Men5430%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White71%
Black15%
Hispanic12%
Asian1.1%
Other or multiracial1.1%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 183
Student–faculty ratio: 12 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 59%
First-generation students: —
Students over 25: 61%
Median family income: $26,368
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $58,752

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

Cost

In-state tuition: $20,500
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,495
Total cost of attendance: $30,495
Average net price: $26,781

Admissions

Admission rate: 92.0%
Test scores: Considered but not required
SAT range (25th–75th %): —
SAT average: —
SAT reading: —
SAT math: —
ACT composite: —

Outcomes

Graduated: 74%
First-year retention: 88%
Transferred to another college: 26%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $58,834
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $61,574
Median debt at graduation: $15,024
Students with federal loans: 89%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 59%

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

$26,162

$30–48k

$27,245

$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.

Is it worth it?

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

Median earnings (10 years): $61,574
Typical debt at graduation: $15,024
Debt vs. one year's pay: 24%
Out-earn a HS grad: 69%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.4 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Strong value

Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.

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

$51,044

Men

$74,081

Men out-earn women by $23,037 (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: 84°F
Winter low: 18°F
Annual rain: 32.3″
Annual snow: 33.6″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Chicago Palwaukee AP, IL US station (2.2 mi from campus).

What Worsham College of Mortuary Science graduates study — and earn

Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssoc.

87 grads$50k 1 yr$62k 5 yr$15k debt

87$50,043$61,870$15,333 Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceCert.

13 grads$44k 1 yr$59k 5 yr$15k debt

13$44,194$59,188$15,366

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.