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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

75 Colleges
$17,273 Avg Salary
$10,950 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, personal and culinary services was ranked #31 in the country. In fact 130,328 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 75 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best undergraduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top 15% Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Hastings Beauty School

Hastings, MN

Our analysis found Hastings Beauty School to be the best school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Hastings Beauty School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the town of Hastings.

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#2

The Hair Academy

Bismarck, ND

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at The Hair Academy helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in the Plains States Region . The Hair Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bismarck.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics is a great place for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Omaha, Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 75 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Salon Professional Academy - Fargo landed the # 4 spot on the list. TSPA - Fargo is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Fargo.

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Out of the 75 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Academy of Cosmetology landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, Nova Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Minnesota School of Cosmetology-Woodbury Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Minnesota School of Cosmetology-Woodbury Campus is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of WOODBURY.

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With a ranking of #7, Paul Mitchell the School St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Paul Mitchell the School St Louis is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of St. Louis.

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#8

Stewart School

Sioux Falls, SD

With a ranking of #8, Stewart School did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Sioux Falls, Stewart School is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#9

Mitsu Sato Hair Academy

Overland Park, KS

Mitsu Sato Hair Academy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal and culinary services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Overland Park, Mitsu Sato Hair Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#10

Aveda Institute - Des Moines

West Des Moines, IA

With a ranking of #10, Aveda Institute - Des Moines did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of West Des Moines, Aveda Institute - Des Moines is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#11

Aveda Institute - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN

Aveda Institute - Minneapolis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal and culinary services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Aveda Institute - Minneapolis is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Xenon International Academy-Omaha Omaha, NE
13 Paul Mitchell the School Overland Park Overland Park, KS
14 E Q School of Hair Design Council Bluffs, IA
15 PCI Academy-Plymouth Plymouth, MN

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal and culinary services schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 106
Minnesota 81
Iowa 118
South Dakota 2
Missouri 79
Nebraska 66
North Dakota 4

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

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 25 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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