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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$5,436 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,273 Avg Salary

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

Personal & Culinary Services is the #34 most popular major in Massachusetts with 104 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Massachusetts 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best value school in Massachusetts for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. North Shore Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Danvers.

North Shore Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, North Shore Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for personal and culinary services in Massachusetts.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Springfield Technical Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Massachusetts. STCC is a small public school located in the city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $5,520 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at New England Hair Academy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Located in the large suburb of Malden, New England Hair Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Empire Beauty School-Malden landed the # 3 spot on the list. Empire Beauty School-Malden is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Malden.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of Woburn, Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology

West Springfield, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Springfield.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Located in the suburb of Lowell, Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Jupiter Beauty Academy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Jupiter Beauty Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#3

EINE Inc

Tewksbury, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend EINE Inc. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Tewksbury, Electrology Institute of New England is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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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
Rhode Island 400
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 13 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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