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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.
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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for personal & culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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 Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found Trinidad State Junior College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.
Trinidad State Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arapahoe Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Arapahoe Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Littleton.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Arapahoe Community College are $15,502 a year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Pikes Peak Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . PPCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PPCC are $15,714 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Flathead Valley Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Kalispell, Flathead Valley Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Flathead Valley Community College are $12,720 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah Valley University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UVU are $17,830 per year.
UVU also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
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With a ranking of #6, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, Escoffier - Boulder is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Request InformationBest Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State
Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Wyoming | 82 |
Colorado | 4,642 |
Utah | 3,047 |
Montana | 205 |
Idaho | 1,200 |
Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors for Personal & Culinary Services
Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 6 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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