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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Montana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$6,721 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,926 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services School for You

With 17 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and culinary services is the #32 most popular major in Montana.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Montana ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Montana to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Montana

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

Best Montana Schools for Affordable Quality in Personal & Culinary Services

$6,721 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Flathead Valley Community College the best value school in Montana for personal and culinary services students. Flathead Valley Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Kalispell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Flathead Valley Community College are $6,721 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Crevier’s Academy of Cosmetology Arts landed the # 2 spot on the list. Crevier's Academy of Cosmetology Arts is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Kalispell.

The average amount in student loans that personal and culinary services majors at Crevier's Academy of Cosmetology Arts take out is $9,744.

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#2

Academy of Cosmetology

Bozeman, MT

Out of the 5 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Cosmetology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Academy of Cosmetology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the remote town of Bozeman.

On average, personal and culinary services graduates from Academy of Cosmetology take out $7,607 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Butte Academy of Beauty Culture. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Montana list. Located in the town of Butte, Butte Academy of Beauty is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

On average, personal and culinary services graduates from Butte Academy of Beauty take out $9,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#2

Montana Academy of Salons

Great Falls, MT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Academy of Salons. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in Montana list. Montana Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Great Falls.

On average, personal and culinary services graduates from Montana Academy take out $13,436 in student loans while working on their degree.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Montana Academy of Salons

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 535
Utah 71
Idaho 19
Wyoming 29

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 5 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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