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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$3,416 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

Personal & Culinary Services is the #29 most popular major in Mississippi with 149 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for personal and culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Mississippi

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 Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

Our analysis found Northwest Mississippi Community College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Mississippi. NWCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Senatobia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NWCC are $3,430 a year.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Northwest Mississippi Community College

Out of the 4 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Meridian Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Meridian, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCC are $3,574 a year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Meridian Community College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Central Community College is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Decatur, East Central Community College is a public school with a small student population.

East Central Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,150 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Holmes Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Mississippi. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Holmes Community College are $3,510 a year.

Holmes Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Holmes Community College Report

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 668
West Virginia 33
Florida 371
Virginia 301
Arkansas 79
South Carolina 92
Tennessee 77
Louisiana 143
Alabama 194
Kentucky 109
Georgia 327

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 4 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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