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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

44 Colleges
$2,698 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 Florida. With 12,205 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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 44 schools in Florida 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.

Top 25 Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Personal & Culinary Services

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

Our analysis found Valencia College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Florida. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Valencia College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Valencia College also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Miami Dade College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MDC are $2,838 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, MDC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Florida list.

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#3

Palm Beach State College

Lake Worth, FL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Palm Beach State College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Florida. Palm Beach State College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lake Worth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Palm Beach State College are $3,050 per year.

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#4

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Pensacola State College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pensacola State are $2,365 per year.

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#5

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

Out of the 44 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Indian River State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Indian River State College are $2,764 per year.

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#6

Beauty Academy of South Florida

Hialeah Gardens, FL

Beauty Academy of South Florida landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Beauty Academy of South Florida is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hialeah Gardens.

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Shear Excellence Hair Academy landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Located in the suburb of Tampa, Shear Excellence Hair Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-Casselberry did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-Casselberry is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Casselberry.

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The Salon Professional Academy - Melbourne 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 #6 on the list. TSPA - Melbourne is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Melbourne.

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American Institute of Beauty 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 #6 on the list. American Institute of Beauty is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Largo.

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#6

Sunstate Academy

Fort Myers, FL

Sunstate Academy landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Located in the city of Fort Myers, Sunstate Academy FM is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#6

Florida Barber Academy

Plantation, FL

Florida Barber Academy came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the large suburb of Plantation, Florida Barber Academy is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#6

Bene's Career Academy

New Port Richey, FL

Bene’s Career Academy came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Bene's Career Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Port Richey.

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With a ranking of #6, Florida Academy of Health & Beauty did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Oakland Park, Florida Academy of Health & Beauty is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Boca Beauty Academy - Parkland ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Boca Beauty Academy - Parkland is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkland.

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Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers-West Palm Beach is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of West Palm Beach.

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#6

Boca Beauty Academy

Boca Raton, FL

With a ranking of #6, Boca Beauty Academy did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Boca Beauty Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Boca Raton.

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#6

Parisian Spa Institute

Jacksonville, FL

With a ranking of #6, Parisian Spa Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Jacksonville, Parisian Spa Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The Salon Professional Academy - Delray Beach ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. TSPA - Delray Beach is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Delray Beach.

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Celebrity School of Beauty came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. Celebrity School of Beauty is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Miami.

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#6

Florida Academy

Fort Myers, FL

With a ranking of #6, Florida Academy did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Fort Myers, Florida Academy is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Orange Technical College - Westside Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. OTC Westside is a small public school located in the suburb of Winter Garden.

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#6

Latin Beauty Academy

greenacres, FL

Latin Beauty Academy 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of greenacres, Latin Beauty Academy is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hollywood.

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With a ranking of #6, Palm Beach Academy of Health & Beauty did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Palm Beach Academy of Health & Beauty is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Lake Park.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Personal & Culinary Services students in the state of Florida seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Florida award.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,501
West Virginia 436
Alabama 996
Kentucky 1,362
Georgia 5,282
Tennessee 2,432
Louisiana 4,310
Mississippi 1,210
South Carolina 1,802
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 44 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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