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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

34 Colleges
$10,824 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 34 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for personal & culinary services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Top 25 Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Personal & Culinary Services

Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best value school in the New England Region for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Shore Community College are $10,920 a year.

North Shore Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, STCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at STCC are $10,728 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Empire Beauty School-Maine helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Portland, Empire Beauty School-Maine is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Empire Beauty School-Hooksett landed the # 3 spot on the list. Empire Beauty School-Hooksett is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hooksett.

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Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Branford Academy of Hair and Cosmetology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Branford, Branford Academy of Hair and Cosmetology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oxford Academy of Hair Design Inc landed the # 3 spot on the list. Oxford Academy of Hair Design Inc is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Seymour.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Empire Beauty School-Boston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Empire Beauty School-Boston is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Paul Mitchell the School North Haven is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of North Haven, Paul Mitchell the School North Haven is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Michaels School of Hair Design and Esthetics - A Paul Mitchell Partner School. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Bedford, Michaels School of Hair Design and Esthetics is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Cranston. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Cranston, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Cranston is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#3

O'Briens Aveda Institute

Williston, VT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means O’Briens Aveda Institute is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Williston, O'Briens Aveda Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Empire Beauty School-Malden helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Malden, Empire Beauty School-Malden is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Paul Mitchell the School Portsmouth helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Portsmouth, Paul Mitchell the School Portsmouth is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Cranston, Paul Mitchell the School Rhode Island is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Academy Di Capelli - School of Cosmetology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Wallingford, Academy Di Capelli is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Empire Beauty School-Laconia. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Empire Beauty School-Laconia is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the distant town of Laconia.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Westbrook.

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Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Empire Beauty School-Somersworth landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Somersworth, Empire Beauty School-Somersworth is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Woburn.

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#3

DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology

West Springfield, MA

Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of West Springfield, DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 34 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, International Institute of Cosmetology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Wethersfield, International Institute of Cosmetology is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ricci’s Academy of Cosmetology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Newtown, Ricci's Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Personal & Culinary Services students in the New England Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region award.

Rank College Location

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 410
Connecticut 708
Maine 381
Rhode Island 584
Massachusetts 1,897
Vermont 61

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 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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