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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,286 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 92 degrees and certificates were awarded to personal and culinary services students who went to a South Carolina college or university. This makes it the #33 most popular major in the state.

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

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina 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 South Carolina 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges.

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

#1

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

Our analysis found Piedmont Technical College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Carolina. Located in the town of Greenwood, Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Piedmont Technical College are $5,315 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Horry-Georgetown Technical College are $5,356 a year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Horry-Georgetown Technical College Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Greenville Technical College is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GTC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

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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
Mississippi 149
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 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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