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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

26 Colleges
$19,747 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate 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.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 26 schools in the New England Region 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best value school in the New England Region for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.

North Shore Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,920 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

The excellent basic certificate programs at Bristol Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bristol are $10,224 a year.

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Out of the 26 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the # 3 spot on the list. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at JWU Providence are $38,096 a year.

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Out of the 26 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capilo School of Hair Design landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Augusta, Capilo School of Hair Design is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Empire Beauty School-Laconia is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Empire Beauty School-Laconia is a small private for-profit school located in the distant town of Laconia.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Oxford Academy of Hair Design Inc is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Oxford Academy of Hair Design Inc is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Seymour.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy 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 Empire Beauty School-Somersworth. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small suburb of Somersworth, Empire Beauty School-Somersworth is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Michaels School of Hair Design and Esthetics - A Paul Mitchell Partner School is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Bedford, Michaels School of Hair Design and Esthetics is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Spa Tech Institute-Westboro

Westborough, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spa Tech Institute-Westboro. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Westborough, Spa Tech Institute-Westboro is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 410
Connecticut 708
Maine 381
Rhode Island 584
Massachusetts 1,897
Vermont 61

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 26 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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