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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

With 149,352 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, personal & culinary services is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Southwest Region 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 the Southwest Region

Check out the personal & culinary services associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin to be the best school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Remington College - Houston Southeast Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Remington College - Houston Southeast Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Webster.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Remington College - North Houston Campus is a great place for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Remington College - North Houston Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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#4

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, TX

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Culinary Institute Inc is a great place for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Dallas Institute of Funeral Service 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Dallas, Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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The Art Institute of Dallas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. The Art Institute of Dallas is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

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With a ranking of #9, Austin Community College District did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, Remington College - Dallas Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Dallas, Remington College - Dallas Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,080
Texas 12,596
New Mexico 1,065
Oklahoma 1,910

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

Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services

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 25 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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