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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.
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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 33 schools in the Southwest 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.
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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest 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
Our analysis found Lee College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $4,302 per year.
Lee College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means El Centro College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Centro College are $6,000 per year.
El Centro College also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Amarillo College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.
Amarillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,704 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Personal & Culinary Services at Amarillo College Report
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Houston Community College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.
Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,460 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lone Star College System. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. North Harris Montgomery is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of The Woodlands.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,456 per year.
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San Jacinto Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $5,040 per year.
South Plains College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Plains College are $4,857 a year.
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Grayson College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public school with a small student population.
Grayson College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,692 in tuition and fees each year.
Del Mar 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DMC are $5,990 a year.
Central New Mexico Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,978 in tuition and fees each year.
Full Personal & Culinary Services at Central New Mexico Community College Report
Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State
Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 3,080 |
| Texas | 12,596 |
| New Mexico | 1,065 |
| Oklahoma | 1,910 |
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 |
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.