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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

55 Colleges
$6,845 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. 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.

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 Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 55 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools

#1

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

Our analysis found Gwinnett Technical College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, GTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,686 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 55 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Athens Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Athens Technical College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

Athens Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,462 in tuition and fees each year.

Athens Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Ogeechee Technical College

Statesboro, GA

Out of the 55 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ogeechee Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ogeechee Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Statesboro.

Ogeechee Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,540 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Southeast Region . Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Rome.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Georgia Northwestern Technical College are $5,512 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wiregrass Georgia Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Valdosta.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College are $5,562 a year.

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#6

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Delgado Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delgado Community College are $4,679 a year.

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Jefferson State Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, Jeff State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Jeff State undergraduate students pay an average of $8,910 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, West Georgia Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. West Georgia Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at West Georgia Technical College are $5,522 a year.

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Southern Crescent Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Southern Crescent Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Griffin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southern Crescent Technical College are $5,526 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Southern Crescent Technical College also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Central Carolina Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Central Carolina Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Sanford.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Central Carolina Community College are $8,698 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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,501
West Virginia 436
Alabama 996
Kentucky 1,362
Georgia 5,282
Tennessee 2,432
Louisiana 4,310
Mississippi 1,210
South Carolina 1,802
Florida 12,205
Virginia 1,482
Arkansas 1,538

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 25 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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