2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest 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.
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.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Personal & Culinary Services
Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Oklahoma the best value school in the Southwest Region for personal and culinary services students working on their bachelor’s degree. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCO are $18,917 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The Art Institute of Dallas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. The Art Institute of Dallas is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Dallas.
The Art Institute of Dallas undergraduate students pay an average of $19,354 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of San Antonio landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, Ai San Antonio is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Ai San Antonio undergraduate students pay an average of $19,354 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Houston landed the # 4 spot on the list. Ai Houston is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ai Houston are $19,354 a year.
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Request InformationBest Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State
Explore the best personal and culinary services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 132 |
| Texas | 1,155 |
| New Mexico | 76 |
| Oklahoma | 45 |
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Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors for Personal & Culinary Services
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.