Dallas Institute
of Funeral Service
Private College in Dallas, TX. Six-year graduation rate 33%. Median 10-year earnings $45,866.
Students who entered Dallas Institute of Funeral Service land at a median of $45,866 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 33% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Median debt at graduation is $12,820, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 33% — below national average
Academics
Only 33% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Retention of 69% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. The 25:1 student-faculty ratio is high, so large classes and limited faculty contact should be the expectation. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 484 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $22,825 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $23,399 at $0–30k against $21,593 at $75–110k — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Only 27% of students receive grant aid, so most families are paying near the published price. About 46% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 172 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $23,399 |
| $30–48k | $25,720 |
| $48–75k | $13,310 |
| $75–110k | $21,593 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 223 of these 484 students, totalling $1,804,301 — an average of $8,091 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dallas County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)