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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,055 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,607 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 118 degrees and certificates were awarded to personal and culinary services students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #31 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Iowa 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 Iowa

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

Our 2023 rankings named Des Moines Area Community College the best value school in Iowa for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $5,220 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, DMACC is ranked #4 for overall quality for personal and culinary services in Iowa.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kirkwood Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kirkwood Community College are $5,308 a year.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Kirkwood Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Iowa list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,802 a year.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 106
Minnesota 81
South Dakota 2
Missouri 79
Nebraska 66
North Dakota 4

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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