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2023 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools

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$26,556 Avg Salary
$14,837 Avg Student Debt

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 Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in the United States to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for personal & culinary services majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service to be the most popular school for personal & culinary services students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the United States. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

About 67% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 33% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Inc. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools list. PIMS is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

About 67% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 33% are male.

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Out of the 16 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Dallas Institute of Funeral Service landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Dallas, Dallas Institute of Funeral Service is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 61% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America College of Funeral Service. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools list. Located in the suburb of Jeffersonville, Mid-America College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 63% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, Escoffier - Boulder is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 62% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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#6

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, MA

FINE Mortuary College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for personal & culinary services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 31% are male.

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#7

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for personal & culinary services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.

About 75% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#8

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

Delgado Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools list. Located in the city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a large student population.

About 84% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 16% are male.

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SOWELA Technical Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools list. SOWELA is a small public school located in the small city of Lake Charles.

Of the 9 students majoring in personal & culinary services at SOWELA, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Terra State Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools ranking. Located in the rural area of Fremont, Terra Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 80% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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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 16 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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