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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

44 Colleges
$21,331 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,897 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services 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. 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 Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 44 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value 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.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for personal and culinary services majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools

#1

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA
$20,945 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found FINE Mortuary College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FINE Mortuary College are $20,945 a year. While working on their degree, personal and culinary services majors at FINE Mortuary College accumulate an average of around $35,917 in student debt.

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#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME
$6,754 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 44 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,754 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 44 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Shore Community College are $10,920 a year. Personal & Culinary Services majors at North Shore Community College take out an average of $5,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA
$10,152 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Bristol Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region list. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bristol are $10,152 per year.

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$10,728 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Springfield Technical Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at STCC are $10,728 a year. After completing their degree, personal and culinary services graduates from STCC carry an average student debtload of $4,750.

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$15,380 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern New Hampshire University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value personal and culinary services programs. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SNHU are $15,380 per year. After completing their degree, personal and culinary services graduates from SNHU carry an average student debtload of $19,500.

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#7

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Boston U are $59,816 a year.

Boston U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region list.

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$35,950 Average Tuition & Fees

Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for personal and culinary services students. It came in at #8 on the list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $35,950 per year. Personal & Culinary Services majors at JWU Providence take out an average of $20,491 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $388, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#9

O'Briens Aveda Institute

Williston, VT

O’Briens Aveda Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for personal and culinary services students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Williston, O'Briens Aveda Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

After completing their degree, personal and culinary services graduates from O'Briens Aveda Institute carry an average student debtload of $9,833.

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Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

After completing their degree, personal and culinary services graduates from Lincoln Tech - Shelton carry an average student debtload of $13,918. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $76.

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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 New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 17
Maine 24
Rhode Island 400
Massachusetts 104
Connecticut 44

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

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 44 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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