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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$5,316 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 Massachusetts. With 1,897 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Massachusetts 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

Check out the personal & culinary services basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Shore Community College are $5,352 per year.

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#2

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Out of the 10 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fall River.

Bristol undergraduate students pay an average of $5,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Woburn.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jupiter Beauty Academy. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, Jupiter Beauty Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Spa Tech Institute-Westboro

Westborough, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spa Tech Institute-Westboro. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Westborough, Spa Tech Institute-Westboro is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#3

EINE Inc

Tewksbury, MA

The excellent basic certificate programs at EINE Inc helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Electrology Institute of New England is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Tewksbury.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Hair Academy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. New England Hair Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malden.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Plymouth.

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Out of the 10 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 410
Connecticut 708
Maine 381
Rhode Island 584
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

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 10 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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