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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$15,306 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

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

With 149,352 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, personal & culinary services is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for personal & culinary services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Brookdale Community College the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Brookdale Community College are $9,698 a year.

Brookdale Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Douglas Education Center

Monessen, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Douglas Education Center is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Douglas Education Center is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Monessen.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Douglas Education Center are $18,350 a year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUP are $18,927 per year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Atlantic Cape Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Atlantic Cape Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,340 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. AAMI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

AAMI undergraduate students pay an average of $18,292 in tuition and fees each year.

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Delaware Technical Community College - Terry 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. Delaware Tech is a large public school located in the city of Dover.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delaware Tech are $11,808 a year.

Delaware Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Suffolk County Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk County Community College are $11,740 per year.

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SUNY Schenectady County Community 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 #8 on the list. SUNY Schenectady is a small public school located in the city of Schenectady.

SUNY Schenectady undergraduate students pay an average of $10,768 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Kingsborough Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. KCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Brooklyn.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KCC are $8,132 per year.

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Niagara County Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the rural area of Sanborn, Niagara County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Niagara County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,205 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 2,643
Maryland 1,280
Delaware 373
Pennsylvania 3,899
New York 6,710
District of Columbia 166

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 25 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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