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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,372 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.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England 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.

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 the New England Region

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

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

#1

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA

Our 2023 rankings named FINE Mortuary College the best value school in the New England Region for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FINE Mortuary College are $20,945 per year.

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#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SMCC are $6,677 a year.

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Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.

North Shore Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,920 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Shore Community College also is in the top 15% of our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at North Shore Community College Report

#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bristol Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bristol are $10,224 per year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Bristol Community College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region list. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at JWU Providence are $38,096 a 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 New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 410
Connecticut 708
Maine 381
Rhode Island 584
Massachusetts 1,897
Vermont 61

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 5 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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