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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$23,814 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,147 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 149,352 personal & culinary services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Personal & Culinary Services

Our analysis found National Louis University to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

NLU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,244 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mid-America College of Funeral Service is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Mid-America College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Jeffersonville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mid-America College are $18,000 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Cincinnati, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science are $23,000 per year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science Report

#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Great Lakes Region . Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

Wayne State undergraduate students pay an average of $34,199 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Wayne State University Report

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,161
Michigan 3,211
Wisconsin 1,669
Ohio 3,799
Illinois 4,725

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 4 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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