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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate School for You
With 149,352 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, personal & culinary services is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 118 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 15% Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools
Our analysis found El Centro College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year.
El Centro College also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lee College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lee College are $4,302 a year.
Lee College also claimed a spot on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South Plains College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Plains College are $4,857 per year.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Del Mar College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DMC are $5,990 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, Howard College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Big Spring, Howard County Junior College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Howard County Junior College are $6,030 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Frank Phillips College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. FPC is a small public school located in the distant town of Borger.
FPC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,882 in tuition and fees each year.
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College of the Mainland ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. COM is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Texas City.
COM undergraduate students pay an average of $3,873 in tuition and fees each year.
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Lone Star College System came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. North Harris Montgomery is a fairly large public school located in the city of The Woodlands.
North Harris Montgomery undergraduate students pay an average of $6,456 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Harris Montgomery also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Grayson 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 #10 on the list. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public school with a small student population.
Grayson College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,692 in tuition and fees each year.
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San Jacinto Community College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
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Kilgore 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 #12 on the list. Kilgore College is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Kilgore.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kilgore College are $5,256 per year.
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Weatherford College landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Weatherford College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Weatherford.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Weatherford College are $8,610 a year.
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Tarrant County College District landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.
Tarrant County College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,235 in tuition and fees each year.
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Central New Mexico Community College ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CNM are $7,978 a year.
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Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service are $15,313 a year.
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With a ranking of #17, St Philip’s College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
St Philip’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,272 in tuition and fees each year.
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Here are some additional great value schools for Personal & Culinary Services students in the Southwest Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region award.
Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State
Explore the best personal & culinary services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 3,080 |
| Texas | 12,596 |
| New Mexico | 1,065 |
| Oklahoma | 1,910 |
Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors for Personal & Culinary Services
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 |
Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services
| 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 118 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).
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