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Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina

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

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Finding the Best Personal & Culinary Services 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 Trade Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 80 schools in North Carolina to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 .

#1

Health and Style Institute

Greensboro, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Health and Style Institute the most popular school in North Carolina for personal & culinary services students. Located in the large city of Greensboro, Health and Style Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Out of the 80 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville Technical Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, JWU Charlotte is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Wake Technical Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best personal & culinary services schools in North Carolina. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

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#5

Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Out of the 80 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, Aveda Institute - Chapel Hill is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Paul Mitchell the School Gastonia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Paul Mitchell the School Gastonia is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Gastonia.

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#7

Leons Beauty School Inc

Greensboro, NC

With a ranking of #7, Leons Beauty School Inc did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Located in the large city of Greensboro, Leons Beauty School Inc is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Central Piedmont Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Located in the city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public college with a large student population.

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#9

Cape Fear Community College

Wilmington, NC

Cape Fear Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. CFCC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Wilmington.

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Paul Mitchell the School Raleigh landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular personal & culinary services programs. Paul Mitchell the School Raleigh is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Raleigh.

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With a ranking of #11, Elevate Salon Institute - Durham did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. Located in the large city of Durham, Elevate Salon Institute - Durham is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Coastal Carolina Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for personal & culinary services students. It came in at #12 on the list. Coastal Carolina Community College is a small public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

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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 North Carolina award.

Rank College Location
13 Cleveland Community College Shelby, NC
14 Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville, NC
15 Paul Mitchell the School Fayetteville Fayetteville, NC
16 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC
16 Central Carolina Community College Sanford, NC

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Personal & Culinary Services Colleges 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.

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