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Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida

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

9 Colleges
$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 Florida. With 12,205 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school 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.

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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Florida to see which associate degree programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida

The following schools top our list of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Miami Dade College the best school in Florida for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at St Petersburg College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in Florida. SPC is a very large public school located in the large city of St. Petersburg.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Miami, International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at AI Miami International University of Art and Design Report

#4

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in Florida. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.

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#5

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at Valencia College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in Florida. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida ranking. Daytona State College is a large public school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.

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#7

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL

Pensacola State College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal & culinary services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Eastern Florida State College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Located in the small city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public school with a large student population.

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#9

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

Indian River State College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida list. Located in the suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,501
West Virginia 436
Alabama 996
Kentucky 1,362
Georgia 5,282
Tennessee 2,432
Louisiana 4,310
Mississippi 1,210
South Carolina 1,802
Virginia 1,482
Arkansas 1,538

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 9 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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