Associate's · Jeffersonville, Indiana

Is Funeral Service and Mortuary Science at Mid-America College of Funeral Service worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $42,190; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $48,744; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $20,000; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $60k (likely $60k – $82k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $10k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in IN; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 8.8 years (likely 6.1–14.6); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$69k (likely −$124k – −$7k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $76k (likely −$50k – $214k); Today's dollars