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Funeral Direction/Service at Wayne State University

Funeral Direction/Service at Wayne State University

What traits are you looking for in a funeral direction/service school? To help you decide if Wayne State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's funeral direction/service program.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and has a total student population of 26,241.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Funeral Direction/Service section at the bottom of this page.

Wayne State Funeral Direction/Service Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Funeral Direction/Service

Wayne State Funeral Direction/Service Rankings

The funeral direction/service major at Wayne State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Funeral Direction/Service. 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.

Funeral Direction/Service Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the funeral direction/service majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Funeral Direction/Service Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of funeral direction/service bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in funeral direction/service at Wayne State are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its funeral direction/service bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor's in funeral direction/service.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Funeral Direction/Service Grads May Go Into

A degree in funeral direction/service can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors 690 $63,280
Funeral Service Managers 370 $113,190

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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