Outcomes and Career Outlook
Upon completion of the Funeral Services Program at Florida State College at Jacksonville, students will be able to::
- Explain the importance of funeral services professionals in developing relationships with the families and communities they serve.
- Identify standards of ethical conduct in funeral service practice.
- Interpret how federal, state, and local laws apply to funeral service in order to ensure compliance.
- Apply principles of public health and safety in the handling and preparation of human remains.
- Demonstrate technical skills in embalming and restorative art that are necessary for the preparation and handling of human remains.
- Demonstrate skills required for conducting arrangement conferences, visitations, services, and ceremonies.
- Describe the requirements and procedures for burial, cremation, and other accepted forms of final disposition of human remains.
- Describe methods to address the grief-related needs of the bereaved.
- Explain management skills associated with operating a funeral establishment.
- Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills and research skills needed for funeral service practice.
PROGRAM INFORMATION – Florida State College at Jacksonville
|
Year
|
Total Enrolled
|
# of New Students
|
# of Grads
|
Timely Grad*
|
Graduation Rate**
|
Did not finish***
|
Overall% Employed
|
Employed in FS
|
|
2021
|
26
|
14
|
8
|
7
|
52%
|
4
|
100%
|
45%
|
|
2020
|
22
|
8
|
9
|
9/9
|
60%
|
3
|
100%
|
78%
|
|
2019
|
5
|
15
|
9
|
7/9
|
47%
|
8
|
78%
|
78%
|
*Timely graduation = complete program in 1½ 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 – Florida State College at Jacksonville
|
Year
|
Arts
|
Sciences
|
|
School Pass Rate
|
National Pass Rate
|
School Pass Rate
|
National Pass Rate
|
|
2021
|
89%
|
68%
|
56%
|
57%
|
|
2020
|
50%
|
73%
|
67%
|
64%
|
|
2019
|
67%
|
72%
|
33%
|
63%
|
The Associate in Science in Funeral Services degree program at Florida State College at Jacksonville is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE), 992 Mantua Pike, Suite 108, Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097, (816) 233-3747. Web: www.abfse.org.
National Board Examination pass rates, graduation rates, and employment rates for this and other ABFSE-accredited programs are available at www.abfse.org in the Directory of Accredited Programs.
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