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2023 Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 77 schools in the New England Region 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Johnson & Wales University - Providence the most popular school in the New England Region for personal & culinary services students. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jupiter Beauty Academy. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Jupiter Beauty Academy is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Woburn.

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The excellent programs at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Worcester is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy is a great place for personal & culinary services students. Located in the suburb of Medford, Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics and Massage Therapy is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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New England Hair Academy 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. New England Hair Academy is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Malden.

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Capilo School of Hair Design 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. Located in the distant town of Augusta, Capilo School of Hair Design is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Westbrook.

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Empire Beauty School-Hooksett ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Empire Beauty School-Hooksett is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Hooksett.

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Paul Mitchell the School North Haven landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Located in the large suburb of North Haven, Paul Mitchell the School North Haven is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Academy Di Capelli - School of Cosmetology came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Wallingford, Academy Di Capelli is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in the New England Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth, MA
13 Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton Shelton, CT
14 Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough, MA
15 Empire Beauty School-Somersworth Somersworth, NH

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 410
Connecticut 708
Maine 381
Rhode Island 584
Massachusetts 1,897
Vermont 61

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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