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2024 Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region

6 Colleges in the New England Region
4,512 Personal & Culinary Services Degrees Awarded
$21,865 Avg Early-Career Salary
You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a degree in personal & culinary services. It is ranked #31 out of 38 major degree programs in terms of popularity. While this may limit the number of schools that offer the degree program, there are still top-quality ones to be found.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,512 degrees in personal & culinary services during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Personal & Culinary Services School

Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region The personal & culinary services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Personal & Culinary Services rankings. We derive our Best Overall Personal & Culinary Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Personal & Culinary Services Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Personal & Culinary Services
Bachelor's Degrees in Personal & Culinary Services
Master's Degrees in Personal & Culinary Services

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Personal & Culinary Services in the New England Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the personal & culinary services degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top New England Region Schools in Personal & Culinary Services

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
$38,764 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a degree in personal & culinary services. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.

There were approximately 15 personal & culinary services students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the personal & culinary services program at Boston University earn $16,900 above the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.

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2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
536 Personal & Culinary Services Degrees Awarded
24.8% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat Johnson & Wales University - Providence if you want to pursue a degree in personal & culinary services. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #483 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means JWU Providence is a great university overall.

There were about 536 personal & culinary services students who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent year we have data available. Personal & Culinary Services degree recipients from Johnson & Wales University - Providence receive an earnings boost of approximately $6,594 above the average earnings of personal & culinary services majors.

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3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
$22,334 Median Starting Salary

It's difficult to beat North Shore Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in personal & culinary services. North Shore Community College is a small public college located in the suburb of Danvers. This college ranks 32nd out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were approximately 24 personal & culinary services students who graduated with this degree at North Shore Community College in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, personal & culinary services degree recipients typically make around $22,334 in the first five years of their career.

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4

Any student pursuing a degree in personal & culinary services has to take a look at Southern Maine Community College. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 12th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.

There were about 18 personal & culinary services students who graduated with this degree at SMCC in the most recent year we have data available. Those personal & culinary services students who get their degree from Southern Maine Community College receive $10,229 more than the typical personal & culinary services student.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
$29,120 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Fall River, Bristol is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 56th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 8 personal & culinary services students who graduated with this degree at Bristol in the most recent year we have data available. Those personal & culinary services students who get their degree from Bristol Community College earn $7,256 more than the standard personal & culinary services grad.

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6

Located in the suburb of Norwood, FINE Mortuary College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were roughly 29 personal & culinary services students who graduated with this degree at FINE Mortuary College in the most recent year we have data available. Personal & Culinary Services degree recipients from FINE Mortuary College get an earnings boost of around $27,848 above the typical income of personal & culinary services graduates.

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Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges by State

Explore the best personal & culinary services colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
New Hampshire3717
Maine3724
Rhode Island37400
Massachusetts37104
Connecticut3544

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Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

MajorAnnual Graduates
Cosmetology3,607
Culinary Arts841
Funeral & Mortuary Science64

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