Funeral & Mortuary Science at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc

If you are interested in studying funeral and mortuary science, you may want to check out the program at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

PIMS is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 191 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 135 students received their associate's degree in mortuary science.

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.

PIMS Funeral & Mortuary Science Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Mortuary Science (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Mortuary Science

Online Classes Are Available at PIMS

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? PIMS offers distance education options for mortuary science at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

PIMS Funeral & Mortuary Science 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.

Mortuary Science Student Demographics at PIMS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mortuary science majors at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc.

PIMS Funeral & Mortuary Science Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of mortuary science associate's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in mortuary science only graduates about 31% men each year. The program at PIMS may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in mortuary science at PIMS are white. Around 93% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc with a associate's in mortuary science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	125
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Funeral & Mortuary Science

The following mortuary science concentations are available at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Funeral Direction/Service	93
Other Funeral Service & Mortuary Science	42
General Funeral Service & Mortuary Science	22

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 Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.