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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$7,671 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 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.

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

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

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

#1

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

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 medium-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.

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

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#2

Oakland Community College

Auburn Hills, MI

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 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Michigan list.

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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 medium-sized suburb of Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,526 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

The excellent associate degree programs at Northwestern Michigan College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Michigan. NMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Traverse City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMC are $9,532 per year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Macomb Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Warren.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Macomb Community College are $6,210 a year.

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#6

Baker College

Owosso, MI

Baker College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Michigan 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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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
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 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.

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