2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School for You
With 17 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and culinary services is the #32 most popular major in Montana.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Montana ranking.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School
Our analysis found Flathead Valley Community College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Montana. Flathead Valley Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Kalispell.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Flathead Valley Community College are $6,721 a year.
Flathead Valley Community College also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana list, coming in at #5.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 535 |
| Utah | 71 |
| Idaho | 19 |
| Wyoming | 29 |
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Majors Related to Personal & Culinary Services
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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).
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