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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 2023 rankings named National University College the most popular school in the United States for personal & culinary services students. National University College is a very large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bayamon.
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 college with a medium-sized student population.
Out of the 2,073 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute, Covington landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Covington, Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute, Covington is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Christine Valmy International School is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Out of the 2,073 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Culinary Institute of America landed the # 5 spot on the list. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hyde Park.
Douglas J Aveda Institute came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Douglas J Aveda Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of East Lansing.
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Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #7 on the list. Euphoria Institute of Beauty Arts & Sciences-Summerlin is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Las Vegas.
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 medium-sized city of Everett, Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Celebrity School of Beauty did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #9 on the list. Celebrity School of Beauty is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.
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Advance Beauty College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools list. Advance Beauty College is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Garden Grove.
Aveda Institute - Tallahassee did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Aveda Institute - Tallahassee is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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Studio Academy of Beauty came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Studio Academy of Beauty is a 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 large suburb of Stafford.
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La Belle Beauty Academy came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Miami, La Belle Beauty Academy is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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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 came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Located in the town of Alamogordo, Olympian Academy of Cosmetology is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #17 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools list. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.
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Boca Beauty Academy did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #18 on the list. Boca Beauty Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Boca Raton.
Asian-American International Beauty College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Westminster, Asian-American International Beauty College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
G Skin & Beauty Institute came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Located in the city of Schaumburg, G Skin and Beauty Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Valencia College landed the #21 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-San Antonio came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Ogle School is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.
With a ranking of #23, Institute of Culinary Education did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Institute of Culinary Education is a small private for-profit school located in the city of New York.
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Bellus Academy - Poway came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools ranking. Located in the small city of Poway, Bellus Academy is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
South Hills Beauty Academy Inc did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #25 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pittsburgh, South Hills Beauty Academy Inc is a private for-profit college 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 list shows the rest of the colleges 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
View the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools for a specific region near you.
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| Other U.S. Territories |
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Personal & Culinary Services Related Majors
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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