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

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

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

With 130,306 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, personal and 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

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin the best school in the Southwest Region for personal and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Remington College - Houston Southeast Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. 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 and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Remington College - North Houston Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

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#4

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, TX

The excellent associate degree programs at Culinary Institute Inc helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal and culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. 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 landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best associate degree personal and culinary services programs. The Art Institute of Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the 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 and 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 and culinary services students working on their associate degree. Remington College - Dallas Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Garland.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal and culinary services schools 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 107,895
Culinary Arts 19,784
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,354
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies 96,307
Precision Production 52,905
Construction Trades 35,794
Transportation & Materials Moving 28,383

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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