ABFSE American Board of Funeral Service Education

Welcome

The American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE)
The ABFSE serves as the national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in Funeral Service and Mortuary Science Education. Although its roots go back to the 1940's, the ABFSE became an autonomous agency in 1962. The accrediting function of ABFSE is recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.

Review of Standards

ABFSE engages in a review of the Accreditation Standards every five (5) years. The process was initiated in summer/fall 2022 and recommended changes were presented for comment.

Acceptance of the Accreditation Standards was finalized at the COA Meeting in Boston.
Click here for revised Standards (PDF) - effective January 1, 2025
Click here for current Standards (PDF)

Find an ABFSE Accredited Program or School

About Embalming: History, theory, practice
(available March 2022)

Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice
Sixth Edition: 9781260010077:
Medicine - Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

To obtain instructor resources for Embalming: History, Theory, and
Practice, 6e, email Sydney Keen (sydney.keen@mheducation.com)

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How to order from Amazon

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Embalming Textbook - Click here for details

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Meet the Scholarship Recipients

In the past academic year, ABFSE received 50 undergraduate scholarship inquiries in April 2024. Six (6) undergraduate scholarships were awarded for a total of $10,000. Meet our recipients. Scholarships are made possible due to the generosity of the Scholarship Sponsors recognized below.

ABFSE Scholarship Recipient - Baili Akin

ABFSE Scholarship Recipient - Samantha Alexander

ABFSE Scholarship Recipient - Jessica Barnes

ABFSE Scholarship Recipient - Eldrick Brown

ABFSE Scholarship Recipient - Eunique Davis

ABFSE Scholarship Recipient - No photo available

Baili Akin
Mid-America College of Funeral Service
View bio here

Samantha Alexander
Miami Dade College
View bio here

Jessica Barnes
Tidewater Community College
View bio here

Eldrick Brown
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
View bio here

Eunique Davis
Mercer County Community College
View bio here

David Nipper
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service
Bio Not Available


Learn more about:
•	ABFSE Calendar
•	ABFSE 2025 Annual Conference
•	ABFSE Accreditation Standards
•	Funeral Service Profession
•	Where are the accredited programs?
•	Accreditation/COA
•	Questions for COA
•	Degree Mills
•	Resource Links
•	Contact Us
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The National
Scholarship Program
of the American
Board of Funeral Service Education provides financial awards to students enrolled in funeral service or mortuary science programs to assist them in obtaining their professional education.

Apply for your Scholarship Online!