Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & DesignPrivate (for-profit)

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, Massachusetts·Private for-profit, 2-year·New England·fmc.edu
Acceptance
76.5%
-4.6pp vs Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
6-yr Graduation
100%
Total enrollment
185
peer median 204
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
34
34 candidates competed
Admitted
26
76.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
24
92.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
100%
Full-time retention
80%

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 2 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
2
Passing
1
50.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

2programs
  • Passing1 · 50.0%
  • No Data1 · 50.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
1
No data
1

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

1
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+57.0%
$61,927 vs $39,449

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

1
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
53%
$33,000 debt · $61,927 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

American Board of Funeral Service Education, Committee on Accreditation

Accredited since 1997Next review Dec 2025

Programmatic accreditations · 1

Action history · 1

  1. Oct 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    American Board of Funeral Service Education, Committee on Accreditation

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by income not reported.
Federal loans
68.6%
In-state tuition
$19,325
Out-of-state
$19,325

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 156 students received $741K in Pell grants, alongside $1.3M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
156
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$741K
$740,549 total
Direct Loans
$1.3M
379 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

0k
20
0k
21
0k
22
0k
23
0k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$544K
179 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$758K
199 loan awards
Parent PLUS$10K
1 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 40 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (5.0%) defaulted within three years above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
5.0%
+2.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
40
Defaulted
2
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
13.8%
2017
10.2%
2018
13.4%
2019
5.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at FINE Mortuary College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs1
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

25 total completions
01Personal/Culinary
25100.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
185
12-mo unduplicated
269
Undergraduate
269
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
15%41
Women
85%228

Race / ethnicity composition

White
82.4%
Hispanic
9.1%
Black
5.7%
Asian
1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
1.1%
Unknown
0.6%

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 118 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    0
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs00
    Liquor00

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    Student-to-faculty
    15.0:1

    FINE Mortuary College vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions FINE Mortuary College selected for federal comparison reporting.

    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

    Carnegie
    SubjectFINE Mortuary College
    100%76.5%185Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    San Francisco Film School
    127$31,029Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    MediaTech Institute-Dallas
    217$18,860Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Sessions College for Professional Design
    85.7%194$15,156Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
    42.8%251$39,413Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    The Modern College of Design
    91.7%214$34,709Special Focus Two-Year: Arts & Design
    Peer group median100%81.1%204$31,029

    Frequently asked questions about FINE Mortuary College

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about FINE Mortuary College.

    What is the acceptance rate at FINE Mortuary College?

    FINE Mortuary College's acceptance rate is 76.5% (26 admitted from 34 applicants), based on the latest IPEDS.

    What is the graduation rate at FINE Mortuary College?

    FINE Mortuary College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 100% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend FINE Mortuary College?

    FINE Mortuary College reports a total enrollment of 185 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the yield rate at FINE Mortuary College?

    FINE Mortuary College's yield rate is 92.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is FINE Mortuary College located?

    FINE Mortuary College is located in Norwood, Massachusetts 02062.

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