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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.
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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for personal & culinary services majors pursuing a basic certificate.
Top 15% Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best value school in the Southwest Region for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Centro College are $6,000 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, El Centro College is ranked #2 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in the Southwest Region .
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Lee College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college 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.
In addition to its great value ranking, Lee College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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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 town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
South Plains College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,857 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Del Mar College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMC are $5,990 per year.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Houston Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.
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Howard College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Big Spring, Howard County Junior College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Howard County Junior College are $6,030 per year.
Frank Phillips College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. FPC is a small public school located in the distant town of Borger.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FPC are $4,882 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, College of the Mainland did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. COM is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Texas City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at COM are $3,873 a 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 very large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Harris Montgomery are $6,456 a year.
North Harris Montgomery excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Grayson College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grayson College are $5,692 per year.
San Jacinto 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 #11 on the list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at San Jacinto Community College
Kilgore College landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Kilgore College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Kilgore.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Kilgore College are $5,256 a year.
Weatherford College landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate personal & culinary services programs. Weatherford College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Weatherford.
Weatherford College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,610 in tuition and fees each year.
Tarrant County College District ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarrant County College are $8,235 a year.
Central New Mexico Community College came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. 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.
Full Personal & Culinary Services at Central New Mexico Community College Report
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 fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service undergraduate students pay an average of $15,313 in tuition and fees each year.
St Philip’s College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
St Philip’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,272 in tuition and fees each year.
Honorable Mentions
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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