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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

21 Colleges
$6,655 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 Colorado. With 4,642 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. 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.

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 Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in Colorado 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. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Pickens Technical College the best value school in Colorado for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Pickens Technical College is a fairly small public school located in the city of Aurora.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pickens Technical College are $4,930 per year.

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Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pikes Peak Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at PPCC are $4,065 a year.

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Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arapahoe Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the suburb of Littleton, Arapahoe Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Arapahoe Community College are $4,080 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinidad State Junior College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the remote town of Trinidad, Trinidad State Junior College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Trinidad State Junior College are $5,240 a year.

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IBMC College

Fort Collins, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend IBMC College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. IBMC is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Fort Collins.

IBMC undergraduate students pay an average of $14,960 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, IBMC is ranked #1 for overall quality for personal & culinary services in Colorado.

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Aveda Institute - Denver 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. Aveda Institute - Denver is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate personal & culinary services programs. Escoffier - Boulder is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Boulder.

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Emily Griffith Technical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Emily Griffith is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Denver.

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International Salon and Spa Academy

Colorado Springs, CO

International Salon and Spa Academy 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. International Salon and Spa Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

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Cheeks Beauty Academy-Forty Collins 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. Located in the suburb of Loveland, Cheeks Beauty Academy is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Wyoming 82
Utah 3,047
Montana 205
Idaho 1,200

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 21 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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