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Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois

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$26,556 Avg Salary
$14,837 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School for You

Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 4,725 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for personal & culinary services majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top Illinois Trade Schools for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

Our analysis found Worsham College of Mortuary Science to be the best school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wheeling.

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The excellent associate degree programs at National Louis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Joliet Junior College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois list. Joliet Junior College is a large public school located in the suburb of Joliet.

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#4

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Carl Sandburg College is a great place for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Galesburg, Carl Sandburg College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,161
Michigan 3,211
Wisconsin 1,669
Ohio 3,799

Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 124,611
Culinary Arts 22,075
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,186
Casino Operations and Services 385
Other Personal & Culinary Services 95

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 105,741
Precision Production 55,411
Construction Trades 40,802
Transportation & Materials Moving 33,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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