2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region 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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found FINE Mortuary College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
FINE Mortuary College undergraduate students pay an average of $20,945 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Maine Community College is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,754 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Shore Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.
North Shore Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,920 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Shore Community College also is in the top 15% of our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fall River.
Bristol undergraduate students pay an average of $10,152 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Johnson & Wales University - Providence helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in the New England Region . JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $35,950 per year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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| 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.
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