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:

Board Directors
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.