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 | Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home |
| Brian | Schmitz | Funeral Director | Schmitz Funeral Homes |
American Board of Funeral Service Education
The Mortuary Science 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
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 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 7/8 | 75% | 2 | 100% | 75% |
| 2020 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 14/14 | 78% | 5 | 56% | 64% |
| 2019 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 14/14 | 100% | 0 | 100% | 86% |
| Board scores | ||
| Single year | School pass rate | National pass rate |
| 2021 Arts | 14% | 68% |
| 2020 Arts | 71% | 73% |
| 2019 Arts | 54% | 72% |
| 2021 Sciences | 50% | 57% |
| 2020 Sciences | 92% | 64% |
| 2019 Sciences | 64% | 63% |
*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 Associate of Applied Science Degree in Mortuary Science 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.