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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

5 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 #31 most popular major in the country with 130,328 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region 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 the New England Region

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

Top New England Region Schools for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

#1

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA

Our 2023 rankings named FINE Mortuary College the best school in the New England Region for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Johnson & Wales University - Providence helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in the New England Region . JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

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#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bristol Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

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#5

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal and culinary services schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 17
Maine 24
Rhode Island 400
Massachusetts 104
Connecticut 44

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 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

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