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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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.

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

#1

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA

29 Associate Degrees

$20,945 Average Tuition & Fees

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 large suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

FINE Mortuary College undergraduate students pay an average of $20,945 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

18 Associate Degrees

$6,677 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 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 school with a medium-sized student population.

SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,677 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

North Shore Community College

Danvers, MA

5 Associate Degrees

#7 in Quality in the New England Region

$10,920 Average Tuition & Fees

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 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.

North Shore Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

7 Associate Degrees

#22 in Quality in the New England Region

$10,224 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bristol Community College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fall River.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bristol are $10,224 a year.

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#5

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, RI

375 Associate Degrees

#21 in Quality in the New England Region

$38,096 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #5 on our 2023 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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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.