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Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

2023 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

16 Colleges
$26,607 Avg Salary
$17,648 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 130,328 people earned a degree or certificate in personal and culinary services, making the major the #31 most popular in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for personal and culinary services majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service to be the most popular school for personal and culinary services students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the United States. Located in the city of Houston, Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in personal and culinary services at the school are women while 27% are male.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, PIMS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 66% of the personal and culinary services majors at the school.

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Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Institute of Funeral Service landed the # 3 spot on the list. Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

About 71% of the students majoring in personal and culinary services at the school are women while 29% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mid-America College of Funeral Service is a great place for personal and culinary services students working on their online associate degree. Mid-America College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Jeffersonville.

Women make up 64% of the personal and culinary services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools list. Escoffier - Boulder is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Boulder.

Women make up 53% of the personal and culinary services majors at the school.

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#6

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA

With a ranking of #6, FINE Mortuary College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal and culinary services students working on their online associate degree. FINE Mortuary College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Norwood.

About 71% of the students majoring in personal and culinary services at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#7

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 83% of the students majoring in personal and culinary services at the school are women while 17% are male.

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#8

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Delgado Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for personal and culinary services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Delgado Community College is a large public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

Women make up 80% of the personal and culinary services majors at the school.

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SOWELA Technical Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public college with a small student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in personal and culinary services at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Terra State Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools list. Terra Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Fremont.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 16 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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