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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

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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 North Carolina. With 3,501 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

#1

Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill the best school in North Carolina for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill is a private for-profit college 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 Elevate Salon Institute - Durham. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, Elevate Salon Institute - Durham is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Alexander Paul Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Greenville.

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#4

Health and Style Institute

Greensboro, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Health and Style Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, Health and Style Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 20 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Wake Technical Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

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Central Carolina Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Central Carolina Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Sanford.

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Empire Beauty School-Concord came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Concord, Empire Beauty School-Concord is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Central Piedmont Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.

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#9

Leons Beauty School Inc

Greensboro, NC

Leons Beauty School Inc 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, Leons Beauty School Inc is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro ranked #10 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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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
West Virginia 436
Alabama 996
Kentucky 1,362
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 20 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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