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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,885 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

With 134 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and culinary services is the #32 most popular major in New Jersey.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Check out the personal and culinary services associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found Atlantic Cape Community College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Atlantic Cape Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Atlantic Cape Community College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hudson County Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Jersey City, HCCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCCC are $8,390 a year.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Hudson County Community College

The excellent associate degree programs at Eastwick College - Hackensack helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Hackensack, Eastwick College - Hackensack is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Eastwick College - Hackensack undergraduate students pay an average of $17,424 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Eastwick College - Hackensack Report

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 466
New York 1,214
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

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 3 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.

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