Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service

Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Houston, Texas (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 254 students of which 599 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is categorized as “12” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 86.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,110. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $44,047, with published in-state tuition of $15,313 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $9,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 54.5% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $37,786 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,813 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 24100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 53.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.