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Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York

2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York

13 Colleges
$26,607 Avg Salary
$17,648 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School for You

Personal & Culinary Services is the #29 most popular major in New York with 1,214 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York

The colleges and universities below are the best for personal and culinary services majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Culinary Institute of America the best school in New York for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hyde Park.

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The excellent associate degree programs at American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in New York. AAMI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Suffolk County Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in New York. Located in the suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Nassau Community College

Garden City, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nassau Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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SUNY Schenectady County Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree personal and culinary services programs. SUNY Schenectady is a small public school located in the city of Schenectady.

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With a ranking of #7, Niagara County Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Sanborn, Niagara County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

Alfred State College

Alfred, NY

With a ranking of #8, Alfred State College did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the remote town of Alfred, Alfred State is a public school with a small student population.

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SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

SUNY Delhi did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal and culinary services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the remote town of Delhi.

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#10

Monroe College

Bronx, NY

Monroe College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal and culinary services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Monroe College is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 134
Pennsylvania 466
Maryland 97
Delaware 21
District of Columbia 6

Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 107,895
Culinary Arts 19,806
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,354
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,336
Precision Production 52,913
Construction Trades 35,794
Transportation & Materials Moving 29,084

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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