2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Illinois. With 4,725 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for personal & culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

#1

National Louis University

Chicago, IL

50 Associate Degrees

#4 in Quality in Illinois

$14,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named National Louis University the best value school in Illinois for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NLU are $14,244 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NLU is ranked #4 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in Illinois.

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#2

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

7 Associate Degrees

#13 in Quality in Illinois

$7,860 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carl Sandburg College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the rural area of Galesburg, Carl Sandburg College is a public college with a small student population.

Carl Sandburg College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,860 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

39 Associate Degrees

#10 in Quality in Illinois

$12,750 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Joliet Junior College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Joliet Junior College is a large public school located in the suburb of Joliet.

Joliet Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,750 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Worsham College of Mortuary Science

Wheeling, IL

55 Associate Degrees

$24,800 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent associate degree programs at Worsham College of Mortuary Science helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Illinois. Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wheeling.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Worsham College of Mortuary Science are $24,800 per year.

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#5

City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College

Chicago, IL

22 Associate Degrees

$11,520 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kennedy-King College are $11,520 per year.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).
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