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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$4,560 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 Kentucky. With 1,362 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th 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.

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in Kentucky 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.

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 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Somerset Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kentucky. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SCC are $4,560 per year.

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Ideal Beauty Academy

Louisville, KY

Out of the 10 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Ideal Beauty Academy landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Louisville, Ideal Beauty Academy is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Empire Beauty School-Dixie

Louisville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Empire Beauty School-Dixie is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Louisville, Empire Beauty School-Dixie 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 Summit Salon Academy - Lexington. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the city of Lexington, Summit Salon Academy Lexington is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Mitchell the School Louisville. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Paul Mitchell the School Louisville is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Louisville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend PJ’s College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at PJ’s College of Cosmetology-Glasgow helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Kentucky. PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the town of Glasgow.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Elizabethtown, Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Kentucky. Empire Beauty School-Chenoweth is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Louisville.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Barrett and Company School of Hair Design. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the fringe town of Nicholasville, Barrett and Company School of Hair Design is a private for-profit college with a student population.

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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
Alabama 996
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 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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