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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

35 Colleges
$11,747 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,273 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Personal & Culinary Services is the #29 most popular major in New York with 1,214 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in New York to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Suffolk County Community College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in New York. Located in the suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Suffolk County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Schenectady County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York list. SUNY Schenectady is a small public school located in the small city of Schenectady.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Schenectady are $5,524 per year.

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Out of the 35 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Niagara County Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Sanborn, Niagara County Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Niagara County Community College are $5,671 per year.

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#4

Erie Community College

Buffalo, NY

Out of the 35 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Erie Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Buffalo, Erie Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Erie Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,722 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Culinary Institute of America is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hyde Park.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The Culinary Institute of America are $35,550 per year.

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Continental School of Beauty Culture, Rochester came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Located in the suburb of Rochester, Continental School of Beauty Culture, Rochester is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Empire Beauty School-Peekskill did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal and culinary services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Empire Beauty School-Peekskill is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Peekskill.

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Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate personal and culinary services programs. Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hauppauge.

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Empire Beauty School-Manhattan came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Empire Beauty School-Manhattan is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Empire Beauty School-Brooklyn is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 134
Pennsylvania 466
Maryland 97
Delaware 21
District of Columbia 6

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 35 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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