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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$14,025 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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 remote town of Trinidad.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trinidad State Junior College are $8,360 a year.

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#2

Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, CO

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 large public school located in the suburb of Littleton.

Arapahoe Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $15,502 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pikes Peak Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. PPCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Colorado Springs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PPCC are $15,714 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Flathead Valley Community College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Kalispell, Flathead Valley Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Flathead Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,720 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UVU is ranked #5 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder 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 #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, Escoffier - Boulder is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best 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
Wyoming 82
Colorado 4,642
Utah 3,047
Montana 205
Idaho 1,200

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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