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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's 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.
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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for personal & culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for personal & culinary services majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.
Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Personal & Culinary Services
Our 2023 rankings named Culinary Institute of America the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for personal & culinary services students working on their bachelor’s degree. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hyde Park.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The Culinary Institute of America are $36,620 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Delhi landed the # 2 spot on the list. SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the remote town of Delhi.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Delhi are $12,490 per year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College are $23,550 per year.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.
Penn College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,680 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Point Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Point Park undergraduate students pay an average of $36,620 in tuition and fees each year.
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Paul Smith’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $32,048 in tuition and fees each year.
Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State
Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 2,643 |
| Maryland | 1,280 |
| Delaware | 373 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,899 |
| New York | 6,710 |
| District of Columbia | 166 |
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 Majors Related 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 6 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.