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2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

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Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services Basic 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 57 schools in North Carolina to see which basic certificate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for personal & culinary services majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Wake Technical Community College the most popular school in North Carolina for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

About 60% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#2

Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Health and Style Institute

Greensboro, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Health and Style Institute is a great place for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Greensboro, Health and Style Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 99% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 1% are male.

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#4

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

Out of the 57 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Cape Fear Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. CFCC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Wilmington.

Women make up 99% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Cleveland Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular personal & culinary services schools in North Carolina. Located in the town of Shelby, Cleveland Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Elevate Salon Institute - Durham did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Durham, Elevate Salon Institute - Durham is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Central Piedmont Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for personal & culinary services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 54 students majoring in personal & culinary services at Central Piedmont Community College, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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Central Carolina Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for personal & culinary services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Central Carolina Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Sanford.

About 95% of the students majoring in personal & culinary services at the school are women while 5% are male.

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Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the small city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 85% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, Fayetteville Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the midsize city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 89% of the personal & culinary services majors at the school.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 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 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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