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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

34 Colleges
$10,954 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,234 Avg Salary

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

Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Michigan. With 3,211 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in Michigan to see which undergraduate 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Michigan

Check out the personal & culinary services undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Grand Rapids Community College

Grand Rapids, MI

Our analysis found Grand Rapids Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Michigan. Grand Rapids Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,929 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Schoolcraft College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Schoolcraft College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Livonia.

Schoolcraft College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Oakland Community College

Auburn Hills, MI

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Oakland Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Michigan. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Oakland Community College are $5,400 a year.

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Out of the 34 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Kalamazoo Valley Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,526 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northwestern Michigan College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. NMC is a small public school located in the town of Traverse City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMC are $9,532 a year.

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#6

Baker College

Owosso, MI

Baker College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal & culinary services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Owosso.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baker College are $12,710 per year.

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Northern Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for personal & culinary services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the remote town of Marquette, Northern Michigan University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Michigan University are $12,948 per year.

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Macomb Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate personal & culinary services programs. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Macomb Community College are $6,210 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Dorsey College Roseville Campus (Culinary) did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Roseville, Dorsey College Roseville Campus (Culinary) is a private for-profit college with a student population.

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#10

Dorsey College, Roseville

Roseville, MI

Dorsey College, Roseville ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Michigan list. Dorsey College, Roseville is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Roseville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dorsey College, Roseville are $31,680 a year.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,161
Wisconsin 1,669
Ohio 3,799
Illinois 4,725

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 34 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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