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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

27 Colleges
$9,676 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 149,352 personal & culinary services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for personal & culinary services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the personal & culinary services associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Chippewa Valley Technical College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Great Lakes Region . CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Eau Claire.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,793 per year.

CVTC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madison College are $6,812 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Madison College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Waukesha County Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WCTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Pewaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WCTC are $6,722 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, WCTC also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#4

Oakland Community College

Auburn Hills, MI

The excellent associate degree programs at Oakland Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Great Lakes Region . Oakland Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Auburn Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Oakland Community College are $5,400 a year.

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Out of the 27 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Gateway Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Technical College are $6,917 per year.

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Fox Valley Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FVTC are $6,977 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, FVTC also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

Schoolcraft College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Schoolcraft College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Livonia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Schoolcraft College are $7,652 a year.

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Cincinnati State Technical and Community College 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 #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Cincinnati State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,558 in tuition and fees each year.

Cincinnati State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Milwaukee Area Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MATC are $7,018 per year.

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Kalamazoo Valley Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Kalamazoo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kalamazoo Valley Community College are $8,596 a year.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,161
Michigan 3,211
Wisconsin 1,669
Ohio 3,799
Illinois 4,725

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.

  • 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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