2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree School for You
Personal & Culinary Services is the #31 most popular major in the country with 130,328 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for personal and culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found Culinary Institute of America to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hyde Park.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Culinary Institute of America are $35,550 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Delhi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the remote town of Delhi.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Delhi are $12,410 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College are $23,550 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Penn College is a small public school located in the small city of Williamsport.
Penn College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,170 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Point Park undergraduate students pay an average of $35,610 in tuition and fees each year.
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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Paul Smith’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $31,115 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best personal and culinary services colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 134 |
| Pennsylvania | 466 |
| New York | 1,214 |
| Maryland | 97 |
| Delaware | 21 |
| District of Columbia | 6 |
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| 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 |
Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services
| 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 6 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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