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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Wisconsin

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$4,713 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, personal & culinary services students earned 1,669 degrees and certificates from a Wisconsin school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Wisconsin 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Wisconsin

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Chippewa Valley Technical College the best value school in Wisconsin for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. CVTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Eau Claire.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CVTC are $4,642 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CVTC is ranked #5 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in Wisconsin.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Madison Area Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Wisconsin. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Madison College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,607 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Madison College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Wisconsin list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Waukesha County Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Wisconsin. WCTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Pewaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCTC are $4,571 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Gateway Technical College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha, Gateway Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Technical College are $4,766 per year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Wisconsin. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FVTC are $4,826 a year.

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Milwaukee Area Technical 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. Located in the city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MATC are $4,867 per year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Milwaukee Area Technical College Report

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
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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