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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$27,835 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,147 Avg Salary

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.

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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Culinary Institute of America are $36,620 a year.

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#2

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at SUNY Delhi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the town of Delhi.

SUNY Delhi undergraduate students pay an average of $12,490 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their bachelor’s degree. 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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College are $23,550 a year.

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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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Penn College are $25,680 a year.

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#5

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Point Park are $36,620 per year.

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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services programs. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Paul Smith’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $32,048 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 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 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.

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