Funeral & Mortuary Science at Point Park University

If you plan to study funeral and mortuary science, take a look at what Point Park University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,591. Of the 616 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Point Park University in 2021, 14 of them were funeral and mortuary science majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Funeral & Mortuary Science section at the bottom of this page.

Point Park Funeral & Mortuary Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mortuary Science

Point Park Funeral & Mortuary Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks mortuary science programs across the country. The following shows how Point Park performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The mortuary science major at Point Park is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Funeral & Mortuary Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Funeral & Mortuary Science Schools	45

Earnings of Point Park Mortuary Science Graduates

The median salary of mortuary science students who receive their bachelor's degree at Point Park is $40,434. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 0% higher than the national average of $40,421 for all mortuary science bachelor's degree recipients.

Mortuary Science Student Demographics at Point Park

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mortuary science majors at Point Park University.

Point Park Funeral & Mortuary Science Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 mortuary science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Point Park. Of these graduates, 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in mortuary science at Point Park are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Point Park University with a bachelor's in mortuary science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Point Park also has a doctoral program available in mortuary science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Mortuary Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in mortuary science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for PA, the home state for Point Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors	1,260	$50,330
Funeral Service Managers	690	$114,030

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.