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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$35,950 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,651 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the personal and culinary services programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Personal & Culinary Services

$35,950 Average Tuition & Fees

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 midsize 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the large suburb of Cranston, Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island is a private for-profit school with a fairly 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.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Empire Beauty School-Warwick is a great value for personal and culinary services students. Empire Beauty School-Warwick is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the 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.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Empire Beauty School-Warwick Report

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 17
Maine 24
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

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.

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