2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools
Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services School for You
In 2021-2022, 149,352 personal & culinary services students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2,073 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Personal & Culinary Services program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Colleges.
Top 25 Most Popular Trade Schools in Personal & Culinary Services
Our analysis found National University College to be the most popular school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. National University College is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Bayamon.
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The excellent programs at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, Escoffier - Boulder is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
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The excellent programs at Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute, Covington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Covington, Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute, Covington is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in the United States. Located in the large city of New York, Christine Valmy International School is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Culinary Institute of America is a great place for personal & culinary services students. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hyde Park.
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Douglas J Aveda Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #6 on the list. Douglas J Aveda Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the city of East Lansing.
Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Las Vegas.
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Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Located in the midsize city of Everett, Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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With a ranking of #9, Celebrity School of Beauty did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Celebrity School of Beauty is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.
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Advance Beauty College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Advance Beauty College is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Garden Grove.
With a ranking of #11, Aveda Institute - Tallahassee did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Aveda Institute - Tallahassee is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
With a ranking of #11, Studio Academy of Beauty did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Studio Academy of Beauty is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Chandler.
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Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Ogle School is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Stafford.
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With a ranking of #14, La Belle Beauty Academy did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Located in the large suburb of Miami, La Belle Beauty Academy is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Aveda Institute - South Florida landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Aveda Institute - South Florida is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Davie.
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Olympian Academy of Cosmetology ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools list. Located in the town of Alamogordo, Olympian Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.
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With a ranking of #18, Boca Beauty Academy did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Boca Beauty Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Boca Raton.
Asian-American International Beauty College landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, Asian-American International Beauty College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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G Skin & Beauty Institute ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools list. Located in the small city of Schaumburg, G Skin and Beauty Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Valencia College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #21 on the list. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public school with a very large student population.
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Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-San Antonio landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Ogle School is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.
Institute of Culinary Education came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Institute of Culinary Education is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
Bellus Academy - Poway did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #24 on the list. Located in the city of Poway, Bellus Academy is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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South Hills Beauty Academy Inc landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Located in the large suburb of Pittsburgh, South Hills Beauty Academy Inc is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools
Additional Award Winners
This section shows the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 2073 different United States personal & culinary services schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Personal & Culinary Services students that almost earned our Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools award.
Personal & Culinary Services by Region
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Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors
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 |
Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services
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 25 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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