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

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$12,615 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 6,710 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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.

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in New York 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Suffolk County Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in New York. Suffolk County Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Selden.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Suffolk County Community College are $6,270 a year.

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

SUNY Schenectady undergraduate students pay an average of $5,764 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York list. Niagara County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Sanborn.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Niagara County Community College are $6,165 a year.

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#4

Nassau Community College

Garden City, NY

The excellent associate degree programs at Nassau Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in New York. Nassau Community College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Garden City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nassau Community College are $6,330 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Nassau Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in New York.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kingsborough Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Brooklyn, KCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at KCC are $5,252 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, KCC is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in New York list.

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#6

Sullivan County Community College

Loch Sheldrake, NY

Sullivan County Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the rural area of Loch Sheldrake, SUNY Sullivan is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SUNY Sullivan are $6,283 a year.

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American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the city of New York, AAMI is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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

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#8

Alfred State College

Alfred, NY

With a ranking of #8, Alfred State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Alfred State is a small public school located in the remote town of Alfred.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Alfred State are $8,862 a year.

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#9

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

SUNY Delhi came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the remote town of Delhi, SUNY Delhi is a public college with a small student population.

SUNY Delhi undergraduate students pay an average of $8,720 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Erie Community College

Buffalo, NY

Erie 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 #10 on the list. Erie Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Buffalo.

Erie Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 2,643
Maryland 1,280
Delaware 373
Pennsylvania 3,899
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 13 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.

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