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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,070 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, personal & culinary services students earned 996 degrees and certificates from an Alabama school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Alabama 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. 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.

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Jefferson State Community College the best value school in Alabama for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Jeff State is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

Jeff State undergraduate students pay an average of $5,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Jefferson State Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lurleen B Wallace Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Andalusia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College are $4,920 a year.

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Alabama rankings.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Lurleen B Wallace Community College Report

Out of the 4 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University Academy of Hair Design landed the # 3 spot on the list. University Academy of Hair Design is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at University Academy of Hair Design Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Paul Mitchell the School Birmingham. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Paul Mitchell the School Birmingham is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Hoover.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,501
West Virginia 436
Kentucky 1,362
Georgia 5,282
Tennessee 2,432
Louisiana 4,310
Mississippi 1,210
South Carolina 1,802
Florida 12,205
Virginia 1,482
Arkansas 1,538

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 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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