by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Funeral Direction/Service. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Funeral & Mortuary Science is a major offered under the personal and culinary services program of study at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in mortuary science, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at LWTech paid an average of $275 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $125 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $2,947 | $7,884 |
| Fees | $1,563 | $2,016 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,101 | $1,101 |
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mortuary science who receive their associate degree from LWTech make an average of $42,682 a year during the early days of their career. That is 29% higher than the national average of $33,041.
Online degrees for the LWTech mortuary science associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the LWTech Online Learning page.
About 88.9% of the students who received their Associate in mortuary science in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.5%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in mortuary science at LWTech in 2019-2020, 33.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Funeral Direction/Service | 9 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to funeral and mortuary science.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Culinary Arts | 15 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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