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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Nebraska

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$3,276 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 3rd in Nebraska. In fact, 571 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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.

The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Nebraska 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Southeast Community College Area to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Nebraska. Southeast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Community College are $3,276 a year.

Southeast Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the large city of Omaha, Capitol School of Hairstyling and Esthetics is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at College of Hair Design-Downtown helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Nebraska. College of Hair Design-Downtown is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Lincoln.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend College of Hair Design-East Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. College of Hair Design-East Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Lincoln.

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Out of the 5 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Xenon International Academy-Omaha landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Omaha, Xenon International School of hair Design is a private for-profit school with a 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 Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,296
Minnesota 1,197
Iowa 953
South Dakota 212
North Dakota 207
Missouri 1,495

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 5 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.

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