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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$3,874 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

Personal & Culinary Services is the #35 most popular major in Maine with 24 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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. 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.

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

Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Our analysis found Southern Maine Community College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Maine. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,874 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 17
Rhode Island 400
Massachusetts 104
Connecticut 44

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 values are for the top school 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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