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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina

32 Colleges
$18,149 Avg Salary
$11,064 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in North Carolina

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Paul Mitchell the School Raleigh the best school in North Carolina for personal & culinary services students. Paul Mitchell the School Raleigh is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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#2

Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent programs at Elevate Salon Institute - Durham helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Elevate Salon Institute - Durham is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mitchell’s Academy - Raleigh. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Mitchell's Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Raleigh.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Mooresville.

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Alexander Paul Institute of Hair Design landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best personal & culinary services programs. Alexander Paul Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Greenville.

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With a ranking of #7, Mitchell’s Academy - Wilson did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal & culinary services students. Mitchell's Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the town of Wilson.

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Empire Beauty School-Pineville ranked #8 on this year’s Best Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of Charlotte, Empire Beauty School-Pineville is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal & culinary services students. Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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With a ranking of #10, Paul Mitchell the School Fayetteville did quite well on this year’s best schools for personal & culinary services students. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, Paul Mitchell the School Fayetteville is a private for-profit college with a fairly small 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
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 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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