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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Personal & Culinary Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Massachusetts. With 1,897 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.
The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in Massachusetts 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best value school in Massachusetts for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at North Shore Community College are $5,352 a year.
North Shore Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Massachusetts list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Springfield Technical Community College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, STCC is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at STCC are $5,520 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Massachusetts School of Barbering is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Massachusetts School of Barbering is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Quincy.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at EINE Inc helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Electrology Institute of New England is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Tewksbury.
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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 Massachusetts list. Empire Beauty School-Boston is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
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Out of the 13 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lowell.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester 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 Empire Beauty School-Malden. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of Malden, Empire Beauty School-Malden 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 DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the suburb of West Springfield, DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Hair Academy. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. New England Hair Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Malden.
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Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New Hampshire | 410 |
Connecticut | 708 |
Maine | 381 |
Rhode Island | 584 |
Vermont | 61 |
Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors for Personal & Culinary Services
Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Cosmetology | 124,611 |
Culinary Arts | 22,075 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,186 |
Casino Operations and Services | 385 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 95 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 13 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.