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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$2,581 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 North Carolina. With 3,501 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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 analysis found Wake Technical Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in North Carolina. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wake Technical Community College are $2,768 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Central Carolina Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in North Carolina. Central Carolina Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Sanford.

Central Carolina Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,554 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 20 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Piedmont Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 a year.

Central Piedmont Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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Out of the 20 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at A-B Tech are $2,832 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the fringe town of Shelby, Cleveland Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cleveland Community College are $2,602 a year.

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Guilford Technical Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Guilford Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Jamestown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,319 a year.

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Southwestern Community College 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 #7 on the list. Located in the town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Southwestern Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,229 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Fayetteville Technical Community College 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 #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FTCC are $2,564 a year.

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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. CCCTI is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Hudson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCCTI are $2,537 a year.

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#10

Carteret Community College

Morehead City, NC

Carteret Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the town of Morehead City, Carteret Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Carteret Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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
West Virginia 436
Alabama 996
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 20 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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