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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$6,216 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, personal & culinary services was ranked 4th in Minnesota. In fact, 1,197 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Minnesota 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for personal & culinary services majors pursuing a basic certificate.

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

#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Our analysis found Saint Paul College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Minnesota. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Saint Paul College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Saint Paul College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,318 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Ridgewater College

Willmar, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ridgewater College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the remote town of Willmar, Ridgewater College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ridgewater College are $6,114 a year.

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#3

Model College of Hair Design

Saint Cloud, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Model College of Hair Design. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Model College of Hair Design is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Cloud.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Empire Beauty School-Bloomington is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Empire Beauty School-Bloomington is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Academy of Cosmetology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Rochester, Nova Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota School of Cosmetology-Woodbury Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Minnesota School of Cosmetology-Woodbury Campus is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of WOODBURY.

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#3

Aveda Institute - Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Aveda Institute - Minneapolis. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Aveda Institute - Minneapolis is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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#3

PCI Academy-Plymouth

Plymouth, MN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means PCI Academy-Plymouth is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Plymouth, PCI Academy-Plymouth is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,296
Iowa 953
South Dakota 212
North Dakota 207
Missouri 1,495
Nebraska 571

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 8 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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