Board Scores
Mortuary Science Advisory Committee
This committee is comprised of licensed funeral directors who are active in the funeral service profession. The members include:
| Stephanie | Dieters | Funeral Director | Dieters Funeral Home & Cremator, Ltd. |
| Rochelle | Swanner | Funeral Director | Lunning Funeral Chapel |
| James | Gilkesson | Funeral Director | Simons Mortuary |
| Tim | Whiteside | Funeral Director | Mason-White Funeral Home |
| Whitney | Hollenbaugh | Funeral Director | Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral & Cremation Services |
| Todd | Ettinger | Funeral Director | Hinchliff-Pearson-West, Inc. |
| Mark | Thomas | Funeral Director | Watson Thomas Funeral Home & Crematory |
| Geoff | Hurd | Funeral Director | Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home |
| Scott | Brown | Funeral Director | Behner Funeral Home & Crematory |
| Brian | Schmitz | Funeral Director | Schmitz Funeral Homes |
American Board of Funeral Service Education
The Mortuary Science associate degree program at Carl Sandburg College is accredited by:
American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE)
992 Mantua Pike, Suite 108
Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097
816.233.3747
Web: www.abfse.org
Carl Sandburg College
Mortuary Science Program
2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd.
PO Box 1407
Galesburg, IL 61401-9576
Tim Krause, Coordinator
Last Accr./Next Accr: 2003/2010
Program accredited by ABFSE: Associate of Applied Science
Phone: 309.345.8501
Fax: 309.341.1040
E-mail: tkrause@sandburg.edu
PROGRAM INFORMATION - Carl Sandburg
| Graduation rates | ||||||||
| Year | Total enrolled | # of new students | # of grads | Timely grad* | Graduation rate** | Did not finish*** | Overall % employed | Employed in FS |
| 2022 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 8/8 | 100% | 0 | 100% | 63% |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 7/8 | 75% | 2 | 100% | 75% |
| 2020 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 14/14 | 78% | 5 | 56% | 64% |
| Board scores | ||
| Single year | School pass rate | National pass rate |
| 2022 Arts | 29% | 69% |
| 2021 Arts | 14% | 68% |
| 2020 Arts | 71% | 73% |
| 2022 Sciences | 83% | 64% |
| 2021 Sciences | 50% | 57% |
| 2020 Sciences | 92% | 64% |
*Timely graduation = Complete program in 1.5 times designated program length.
**Graduation rate reflects cohort graduation rate (% of students from original cohort completing in the designated year)
***Left before completing the program; did not finish.
NATIONAL BOARD STATISTICS - Carl Sandburg
Accreditation
The Mortuary Science associate degree program at Carl Sandburg College is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE).
Initial Accreditation: 1997
Last comprehensive review: 2017
Next comprehensive review: 2024
Re-accreditation: April 2018 for a period of seven years with stipulation to demonstrate evidence of faculty evaluation.
Most recent accreditation decision: April 2019 – accepted report demonstrating evidence of faculty evaluation.