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Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree School for You

With 149,352 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, personal & culinary services is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 72 schools in the Southwest Region to see which associate degree 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.

Check out the personal & culinary services associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin the most popular school in the Southwest Region for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 56% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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Out of the 72 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service landed the # 2 spot on the list. Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large 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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The in-demand associate degree programs at Houston Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

About 93% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 7% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dallas Institute of Funeral Service. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large 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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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, TX

The in-demand associate degree programs at Culinary Institute Inc helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular personal & culinary services schools in the Southwest Region . Culinary Institute LeNotre is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

Of the 68 students majoring in personal & culinary services at Culinary Institute LeNotre, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Central New Mexico Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 65 students majoring in personal & culinary services at CNM, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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#7

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

St Philip’s College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 72% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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Scottsdale Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 19% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, San Jacinto Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 79% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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#10

San Antonio College

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. San Antonio College is a large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Women make up 94% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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Chandler-Gilbert Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is a large public school located in the large city of Chandler.

Of the 19 students majoring in personal & culinary services at Chandler-Gilbert Community College, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Personal & Culinary Services students in the Southwest Region that almost earned our Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
12 El Centro College Dallas, TX
13 Texas State Technical College Waco, TX
14 South Texas College McAllen, TX

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,080
Texas 12,596
New Mexico 1,065
Oklahoma 1,910

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 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.

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