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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

25 Colleges
$8,585 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate School for You

Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Michigan. With 3,211 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for personal & culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Schoolcraft College the best value school in Michigan for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Schoolcraft College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Livonia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Schoolcraft College are $5,650 a year.

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#2

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

The excellent basic certificate programs at Northwestern Michigan College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Michigan. NMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Traverse City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMC are $9,532 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Macomb Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Michigan. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Warren.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $6,210 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northern Michigan University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the town of Marquette, Northern Michigan University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Northern Michigan University undergraduate students pay an average of $12,948 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Protege Academy

Mt. Pleasant, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Protege Academy. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the town of Mt. Pleasant, Protege Academy is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend David Pressley School of Cosmetology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan list. David Pressley School of Cosmetology is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Royal Oak.

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#5

Twin City Beauty College

Saint Joseph, MI

Out of the 25 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Twin City Beauty College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Twin City Beauty College is a small private for-profit school located in the small suburb of Saint Joseph.

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#5

Empire Beauty School-Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Empire Beauty School-Michigan. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Located in the suburb of Grand Rapids, Empire Beauty School-Michigan is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend P&A Scholars Beauty School. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan list. P&A Scholars is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Detroit.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bayshire Academy of Beauty Craft Inc is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Bayshire Beauty Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Bay City.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,161
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 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.

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