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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

32 Colleges
$5,366 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,953 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services School for You

With 668 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and culinary services is the #28 most popular major in North Carolina.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in North Carolina 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina

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

$2,554 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central Carolina Community College the best value school in North Carolina for personal and culinary services students. Central Carolina Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Sanford.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Carolina Community College are $2,554 a year. The average amount in student loans that personal and culinary services majors at Central Carolina Community College take out is $12,332.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wake Technical Community College is a great value for personal and culinary services students. Located in the suburb of Raleigh, Wake Technical Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Wake Technical Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, personal and culinary services majors at Wake Technical Community College accumulate an average of around $15,818 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Wake Technical Community College also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina list. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Central Piedmont Community College also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$2,632 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is a great value for personal and culinary services students. A-B Tech is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Asheville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at A-B Tech are $2,632 a year. Personal & Culinary Services majors at A-B Tech take out an average of $14,250 in student loans while working on their egree.

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$2,544 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Fayetteville Technical Community College is a great value for personal and culinary services students. FTCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FTCC are $2,544 per year. On average, personal and culinary services graduates from FTCC take out $20,975 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$2,602 Average Tuition & Fees

Cleveland Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina list. Cleveland Community College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Shelby.

Cleveland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,602 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$2,289 Average Tuition & Fees

Guilford Technical Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,289 a year. After completing their degree, personal and culinary services graduates from Guilford Technical Community College carry an average student debtload of $28,821.

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$2,601 Average Tuition & Fees

Southwestern Community College 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. Southwestern Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Sylva.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southwestern Community College are $2,601 a year.

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#9

Robeson Community College

Lumberton, NC
$2,563 Average Tuition & Fees

Robeson Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the town of Lumberton, Robeson Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Robeson Community College are $2,563 per year.

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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the suburb of Hudson, CCCTI is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCCTI are $2,537 a year.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 33
South Carolina 92
Florida 371
Virginia 301
Arkansas 79
Mississippi 149
Louisiana 143
Alabama 194
Kentucky 109
Georgia 327
Tennessee 77

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 32 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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