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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Michigan
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School for You
Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Michigan. With 3,211 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Michigan 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.
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.
Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found Schoolcraft College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Michigan. Schoolcraft College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Livonia.
Schoolcraft College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Schoolcraft College is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Michigan list.
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Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Oakland Community College are $5,400 per year.
Oakland Community College also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #3.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Kalamazoo Valley Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Michigan. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Kalamazoo.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kalamazoo Valley Community College are $6,526 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Michigan College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. NMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Traverse City.
NMC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,532 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Macomb Community College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $6,210 per year.
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Baker 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 #6 on the list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Owosso.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Baker College are $12,710 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Indiana | 2,161 |
Wisconsin | 1,669 |
Ohio | 3,799 |
Illinois | 4,725 |
Majors Related to Personal & Culinary Services
Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Cosmetology | 124,611 |
Culinary Arts | 22,075 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,186 |
Casino Operations and Services | 385 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 95 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 6 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.