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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$5,070 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,234 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, personal & culinary services students earned 996 degrees and certificates from an Alabama school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Alabama to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Alabama 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Check out the personal & culinary services undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Personal & Culinary Services

Our analysis found Jefferson State Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Alabama. Jeff State is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Jeff State are $5,220 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lurleen B Wallace Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Andalusia.

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,920 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Remington College - Mobile Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Remington College - Mobile Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Mobile.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Remington College - Mobile Campus are $20,393 a year.

Full Personal & Culinary Services at Remington College - Mobile Campus Report

Out of the 8 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Mitchell the School Birmingham landed the # 4 spot on the list. Paul Mitchell the School Birmingham is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Hoover.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Mitchell the School Huntsville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Paul Mitchell the School Huntsville is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Madison.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Salon Professional Academy - Huntsville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Located in the midsize city of Huntsville, TSPA - Huntsville is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Blue Cliff Career College is a great value for personal & culinary services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Mobile, Blue Cliff Career College is a private for-profit college 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 University Academy of Hair Design. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. University Academy of Hair Design is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,501
West Virginia 436
Kentucky 1,362
Georgia 5,282
Tennessee 2,432
Louisiana 4,310
Mississippi 1,210
South Carolina 1,802
Florida 12,205
Virginia 1,482
Arkansas 1,538

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 8 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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