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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.

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

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

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 small public school located in the large city of Aurora.

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

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#2

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pikes Peak Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in Colorado. Located in the suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

PPCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,065 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Arapahoe Community College

Littleton, CO

Out of the 21 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Arapahoe Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Littleton, Arapahoe Community College is a public school with a 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Trinidad State Junior College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the town of Trinidad, Trinidad State Junior College is a public school with a small student population.

Trinidad State Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

IBMC College

Fort Collins, CO

Out of the 21 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, IBMC College landed the # 5 spot on the list. IBMC is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IBMC are $14,960 per 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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With a ranking of #6, Empire Beauty School-Littleton did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Littleton, Empire Beauty School-Littleton is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder 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. Escoffier - Boulder is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Boulder.

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Emily Griffith Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. Emily Griffith is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Denver.

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#6

International Salon and Spa Academy

Colorado Springs, CO

With a ranking of #6, International Salon and Spa Academy did quite well on this year’s best value schools for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. 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 landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate personal & culinary services programs. 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 Colleges 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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