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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$5,436 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 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.

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

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

Our analysis found North Shore Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Massachusetts. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, North Shore Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in Massachusetts.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Springfield Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, STCC is a public school 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts School of Barbering. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Massachusetts School of Barbering is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Quincy.

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#3

EINE Inc

Tewksbury, MA

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 suburb of Tewksbury.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Empire Beauty School-Boston helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Massachusetts. Empire Beauty School-Boston is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Lowell Academy Hairstyling Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lowell.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Massachusetts. 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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Out of the 13 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Empire Beauty School-Malden landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Malden, Empire Beauty School-Malden is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology

West Springfield, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 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 small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, New England Hair Academy landed the # 3 spot on the list. New England Hair Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malden.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 410
Connecticut 708
Maine 381
Rhode Island 584
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

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 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.

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