Basic Certificates in Thanatology

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 25% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 12.5% of thanatology graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Thanatology Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 8 people earned their basic certificate in thanatology. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in thanatology at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Basic Certificate	8

Earnings of Thanatology Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for thanatology majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in thanatology. About 100.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	0
Women	8

The racial-ethnic distribution of thanatology basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to thanatology that offer basic certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Interdisciplinary Studies	1,878
Biological & Physical Science	1,342
	458
Interdisciplinary Studies	361
Sustainability Science	302

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.