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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$18,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Personal & Culinary Services is the 31st most popular major in the country with 119,853 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, personal and culinary services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $17,656 and had an average of $12,064 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 33,956 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $16,302 and $12,060 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in personal and culinary services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality personal and culinary services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the personal and culinary services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 40 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s personal and culinary services students in 2019-2020.

Nicholls State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Nicholls State University is $9,968 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - North Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. JWU North Miami is a small private not-for-profit school situated in North Miami, Florida. It awarded 13 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at JWU North Miami, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $21,007 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Johnson & Wales University - North Miami Personal & Culinary Services Report

#3

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Virginia Beach also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $22,137 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $19,441 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend International Fine Arts College.

Full International Fine Arts College Personal & Culinary Services Report

#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s personal and culinary services students in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Atlanta is $21,977 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full The Art Institute of Atlanta Personal & Culinary Services Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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