Personal & Culinary Services

Types of Degrees Personal & Culinary Services Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many personal & culinary services graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Undergraduate Certificate	75,496
Basic Certificate	71,677
Associate Degree	10,025
Bachelor’s Degree	716
Master’s Degree	23

What Personal & Culinary Services Majors Need to Know

People with careers related to personal & culinary services were asked what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. They weighted these areas on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest.

Knowledge Areas for Personal & Culinary Services Majors

This major prepares you for careers in which these knowledge areas are important:

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Sales and Marketing - Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Skills for Personal & Culinary Services Majors

The following list of skills has been highlighted as some of the most essential for careers related to personal & culinary services:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Abilities for Personal & Culinary Services Majors

A major in personal & culinary services will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

What Can You Do With a Personal & Culinary Services Major?

People with a personal & culinary services degree often go into the following careers:

Job Title	Job Growth Rate	Median Salary
Barbers	13.5%	$27,960
Chefs and Head Cooks	9.6%	$48,460
Cooks, Restaurant	11.8%	$26,530
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	14.6%	$38,400
Food Scientists and Technologists	5.9%	$65,300
Food Service Managers	9.0%	$54,240
Funeral Service Managers	7.0%	$79,180
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	13.0%	$24,730
Skincare Specialists	13.7%	$31,290
Spa Managers	14.6%	$38,400

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Personal & Culinary Services?

This major is dominated by women with about 63% of recent graduates being female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of personal & culinary services majors is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	79
Hispanic or Latino	114
White	409
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Geographic Diversity

Personal & Culinary Services appeals to people across the globe. About 4.2% of those with this major are international students.

Amount of Education Required for Careers Related to Personal & Culinary Services

Some careers associated with personal & culinary services require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. In general, the more advanced your degree the more career options will open up to you. However, there is significant time and money that needs to be invested into your education so weigh the pros and cons.

How much schooling do you really need to compete in today’s job market? People currently working in careers related to personal & culinary services have obtained the following education levels.

Education Level	Percentage of Workers
Less than a High School Diploma	13.1%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)	30.9%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)	21.2%
Some College Courses	7.9%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree)	14.2%
Bachelor’s Degree	11.0%
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.	0.8%
Master’s Degree	1.0%
Post-Master’s Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master’s degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.	0.1%
First Professional Degree - awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.	0.7%
Doctoral Degree	0.4%
Post-Doctoral Training	0.2%

Online Personal & Culinary Services Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level	Colleges Offering Programs	Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year)	0	0
Certificate (1-2 years)	5,828	18
Certificate (2-4 Years)	316	2
Associate’s Degree	1,690	34
Bachelor’s Degree	2	0
Post-Baccalaureate	0	0
Master’s Degree	8	2
Post-Master’s	2	0
Doctor’s Degree (Research)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice)	0	0
Doctor’s Degree (Other)	0	0

Majors Related to Personal & Culinary Services

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to personal & culinary services.

Major	Number of Grads
Mechanic & Repair Technologies	110,408
Precision Production	60,170
Construction Trades	46,111
Transportation & Materials Moving	35,751

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• College Scorecard
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers First Quarter 2020
• Image Credit: By U.S. Army Europe Images under License

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