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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$16,775 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,760 Avg Salary

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.

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

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which bachelor's 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.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Personal & Culinary Services

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

Our 2023 rankings named Nicholls State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for personal and culinary services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nicholls State University are $9,039 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Miami, International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at International Fine Arts College are $19,354 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ai Virginia Beach is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach.

Ai Virginia Beach undergraduate students pay an average of $19,354 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at The Art Institute of Atlanta helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in the Southeast Region . Ai Atlanta is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Atlanta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ai Atlanta are $19,354 a year.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal and culinary services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 668
West Virginia 33
Mississippi 149
South Carolina 92
Florida 371
Virginia 301
Arkansas 79
Alabama 194
Kentucky 109
Georgia 327
Tennessee 77
Louisiana 143

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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