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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$5,055 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,273 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 118 degrees and certificates were awarded to personal and culinary services students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #31 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Iowa 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

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 analysis found Des Moines Area Community College to be the best value school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at DMACC are $5,220 a year.

DMACC also took the #5 spot in our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa rankings.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kirkwood Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public school with a large student population.

Kirkwood Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,308 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 19 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Iowa Tech Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,802 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means La James International College-Johnston is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. La James International College-Johnston is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Johnston.

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#4

PCI Academy-Ames

Ames, IA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at PCI Academy-Ames helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal and culinary services schools in Iowa. Located in the city of Ames, PCI Academy-Ames is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#4

American Hair Academy

Mt. Pleasant, IA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means American Hair Academy is a great value for personal and culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. American Hair Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Mt. Pleasant.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend La James International College-Ft Dodge. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. La James International College-Ft Dodge is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Fort Dodge.

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Out of the 19 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, La James International College-Davenport landed the # 4 spot on the list. La James International College-Davenport is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Davenport.

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#4

E Q School of Hair Design

Council Bluffs, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend E Q School of Hair Design. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. EQ School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Council Bluffs.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa School of Beauty-Ottumwa. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in the remote town of Ottumwa, ISB is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 106
Minnesota 81
South Dakota 2
Missouri 79
Nebraska 66
North Dakota 4

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 19 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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