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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky

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Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate School for You

Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 1,362 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th 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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found PJ’s College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green to be the best school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kentucky. PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Bowling Green.

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#2

Ideal Beauty Academy

Louisville, KY

The excellent basic certificate programs at Ideal Beauty Academy helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in Kentucky. Located in the large suburb of Louisville, Ideal Beauty Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Summit Salon Academy - Lexington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Lexington, Summit Salon Academy Lexington is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 10 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, PJ’s College of Cosmetology-Glasgow landed the # 4 spot on the list. PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Glasgow.

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#5

Empire Beauty School-Dixie

Louisville, KY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Empire Beauty School-Dixie is a great place for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Louisville, Empire Beauty School-Dixie is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Barrett and Company School of Hair Design did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal & culinary services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Nicholasville, Barrett and Company School of Hair Design is a private for-profit college with a student population.

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Paul Mitchell the School Louisville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal & culinary services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Paul Mitchell the School Louisville is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Louisville.

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Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown ranked #8 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Elizabethtown, Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Somerset Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky ranking. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Louisville.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,501
West Virginia 436
Alabama 996
Georgia 5,282
Tennessee 2,432
Louisiana 4,310
Mississippi 1,210
South Carolina 1,802
Florida 12,205
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 10 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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