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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$7,007 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School for You

Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Florida. With 12,205 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Florida 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida

Check out the personal & culinary services associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

#1

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Miami Dade College the best value school in Florida for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

MDC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,838 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MDC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida list.

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#2

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at Valencia College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Florida. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Valencia College are $2,474 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Valencia College is ranked #4 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in Florida.

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#3

St Petersburg College

St. Petersburg, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at St Petersburg College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Florida. SPC is a very large public school located in the city of St. Petersburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SPC are $2,682 a year.

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#4

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL

The excellent associate degree programs at Pensacola State College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Florida. Located in the city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Pensacola State undergraduate students pay an average of $2,365 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, FL

Out of the 9 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Daytona State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Daytona State College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Daytona Beach.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Daytona State College are $3,106 per year.

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#6

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

Indian River State College 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 large suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public college with a large student population.

Indian River State College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,764 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Eastern Florida State College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public school with a large student population.

EFSC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,791 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Located in the large city of Miami, International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

International Fine Arts College undergraduate students pay an average of $20,794 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Lauderdale.

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale undergraduate students pay an average of $23,248 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
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

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 9 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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