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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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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
Our analysis found Miami Dade College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Florida. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MDC are $2,838 a year.
MDC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valencia College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Valencia College are $2,474 a year.
Valencia College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Florida list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St Petersburg College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. SPC is a fairly large public school located in the city of St. Petersburg.
SPC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,682 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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 college with a moderately-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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Daytona State College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. Daytona State College is a large public school located in the small city of Daytona Beach.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Daytona State College are $3,106 a year.
Indian River State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indian River State College are $2,764 a year.
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Eastern Florida State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. Located in the small city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EFSC are $2,791 a year.
With a ranking of #8, AI Miami International University of Art and Design did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Miami, International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at International Fine Arts College are $20,794 a year.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree personal & culinary services programs. 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.
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools 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 Related Majors for Personal & Culinary Services
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.