2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Rhode Island
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services School for You
With 400 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and culinary services is the #16 most popular major in Rhode Island.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Rhode Island 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.
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 Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found Johnson & Wales University - Providence to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $35,950 per year. After completing their degree, personal and culinary services graduates from JWU Providence carry an average student debtload of $20,491. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $388.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island is a great value for personal and culinary services students. Located in the suburb of Cranston, Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
On average, personal and culinary services graduates from Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island take out $10,556 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $87.
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The excellent programs at Empire Beauty School-Warwick helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in Rhode Island. Empire Beauty School-Warwick is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Warwick.
The average amount in student loans that personal and culinary services majors at Empire Beauty School-Warwick take out is $14,194. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $80, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
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Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 17 |
| Maine | 24 |
| Massachusetts | 104 |
| Connecticut | 44 |
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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 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.