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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, personal & culinary services students earned 3,899 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.
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 Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in Pennsylvania 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.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Laurel Business Institute to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Pennsylvania. LBI is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small suburb of Uniontown.
LBI undergraduate students pay an average of $11,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Penn Commercial Business/Technical School helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Pennsylvania. Penn Commercial is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Washington.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Penn Commercial are $12,116 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Laurel Technical Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the rural area of MEADVILLE, LTI - Meadville is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
LTI - Meadville undergraduate students pay an average of $11,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Community College of Philadelphia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Community College of Philadelphia is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Community College of Philadelphia undergraduate students pay an average of $8,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Laurel Technical Institute. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the rural area of Hermitage, LTI Sharon is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
LTI Sharon undergraduate students pay an average of $11,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Douglas Education Center ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Monessen, Douglas Education Center is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Douglas Education Center are $18,350 a year.
With a ranking of #7, Pittsburgh Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Oakdale, Pittsburgh Technical College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pittsburgh Technical College are $16,974 a year.
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Great Lakes Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal & culinary services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Great Lakes Institute of Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Erie.
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With a ranking of #8, Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Harrisburg.
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Bella Capelli Academy came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Bella Capelli Academy a Paul Mitchell partner school is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Monroeville.
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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 |
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New Jersey | 2,643 |
Maryland | 1,280 |
Delaware | 373 |
New York | 6,710 |
District of Columbia | 166 |
Majors Related to Personal & Culinary Services
Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 41 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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