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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,518 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,556 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, personal & culinary services was ranked 2nd in South Carolina. In fact, 1,802 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in South Carolina 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

Our analysis found Piedmont Technical College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Carolina. Piedmont Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Greenwood.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Piedmont Technical College are $5,315 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Horry-Georgetown Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Horry-Georgetown Technical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Greenville Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. GTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $5,882 per year.

GTC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in South Carolina list.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Greenville Technical College Report

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
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

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 3 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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