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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$4,647 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

Personal & Culinary Services is the #32 most popular major in Wisconsin with 128 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Wisconsin 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Chippewa Valley Technical College the best value school in Wisconsin for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Eau Claire.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $4,568 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madison Area Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin list. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Madison College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Madison College is ranked #5 for overall quality for personal and culinary services in Wisconsin.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waukesha County Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin list. WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Pewaukee.

WCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,488 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Waukesha County Technical College Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Gateway Technical College is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Gateway Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Gateway Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Wisconsin. Located in the midsize suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $4,746 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, FVTC also is in the top 20% of our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MATC are $4,793 a year.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Milwaukee Area Technical College

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
Illinois 380

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 6 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.

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