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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Delaware

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$4,945 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, personal & culinary services was ranked 2nd in Delaware. In fact, 373 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Delaware to see which basic certificate 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Personal & Culinary Services

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value school in Delaware for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Dover, Delaware Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $4,945 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delaware Tech is ranked #1 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in Delaware.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Academy of Massage and Bodywork is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Bear, Academy of Massage and Bodywork 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 Dawn Career Institute LLC. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Delaware list. Dawn Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Newark.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Paul Mitchell the School Delaware is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Newark, Paul Mitchell the School Delaware is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 2,643
Maryland 1,280
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

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 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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