Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,600 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

With 380 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and culinary services is the #32 most popular major in Illinois.

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 Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for personal and culinary services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

Our analysis found National Louis University to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NLU are $14,169 a year.

Read More…

#2

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Carl Sandburg College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Galesburg, Carl Sandburg College is a public school with a small student population.

Carl Sandburg College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,860 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read More…

#3

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Joliet Junior College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Joliet Junior College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Joliet Junior College are $12,570 per year.

Joliet Junior College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Joliet Junior College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worsham College of Mortuary Science. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wheeling.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Worsham College of Mortuary Science are $23,800 per year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Worsham College of Mortuary Science Report

The excellent associate degree programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Illinois. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

Kennedy-King College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,520 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read More…

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 103
Michigan 266
Ohio 238
Wisconsin 128

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.

  • 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.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.