2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina
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 North Carolina. With 3,501 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
The Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 30 schools in North Carolina 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.
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2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina
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 Fayetteville Technical Community College to be the best value school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FTCC are $2,564 a year.
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Out of the 30 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Piedmont Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 a year.
Central Piedmont Community College also made our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #2.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Central Carolina Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in North Carolina. Central Carolina Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Sanford.
Central Carolina Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,554 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Raleigh.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wake Technical Community College are $2,768 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Wake Technical Community College also is in the top 20% of our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value personal & culinary services schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at A-B Tech are $2,832 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, A-B Tech also did well on our Best Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Cleveland Community College 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 town of Shelby, Cleveland Community College is a public school with a small student population.
Cleveland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,602 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. CCCTI is a small public school located in the suburb of Hudson.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCCTI are $2,537 a year.
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Guilford Technical Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Guilford Technical Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Jamestown.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Guilford Technical Community College are $2,319 per year.
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Southwestern Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate personal & culinary services programs. Located in the town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwestern Community College are $2,229 per year.
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Robeson Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Robeson Community College is a small public school located in the town of Lumberton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Robeson Community College are $2,563 a year.
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 |
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West Virginia | 436 |
Alabama | 996 |
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 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 30 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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