by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science. 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 St Petersburg College. 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
You can jump to any section of this page using the links below:
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at SPC paid an average of $387 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $112 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,943 | $7,774 |
| Fees | $739 | $1,512 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
Learn more about SPC tuition and fees.
One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at SPC in Mortuary Science walked away with an average of $27,930 in student debt. That is 93% higher than the national average of $14,440.
mortuary science who receive their associate degree from SPC 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.
SPC does not offer an online option for its mortuary science associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SPC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 63.0% of the mortuary science students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 64.5%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in mortuary science at SPC in 2019-2020, 44.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 8 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science | 27 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
