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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,914 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found National Louis University to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NLU are $14,244 per year.

NLU also took the #4 spot in our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Illinois rankings.

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#2

Carl Sandburg College

Galesburg, IL

The excellent associate degree programs at Carl Sandburg College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Illinois. Located in the rural area of Galesburg, Carl Sandburg College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Carl Sandburg College are $7,860 a year.

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#3

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Joliet Junior College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s 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.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Joliet Junior College are $12,750 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Worsham College of Mortuary Science. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Illinois list. Worsham College of Mortuary Science is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Wheeling.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Worsham College of Mortuary Science are $24,800 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Illinois. 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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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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