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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,885 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, personal & culinary services was ranked 2nd in New Jersey. In fact, 2,643 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for personal & culinary services majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

Our analysis found Atlantic Cape Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. 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 $6,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hudson County Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large city of Jersey City, HCCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HCCC are $8,390 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastwick College - Hackensack. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Hackensack, Eastwick College - Hackensack is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Eastwick College - Hackensack undergraduate students pay an average of $17,424 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Eastwick College - Hackensack

Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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

Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services

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 3 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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