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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 119,853 people earned their degree in personal and culinary services, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. 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 $30-$48k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in personal and culinary services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent personal and culinary services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the personal and culinary services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Thibodaux, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees to 40 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k list, Nicholls State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nicholls State University is $10,304 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Nicholls State University Personal & Culinary Services Report

#2

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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach landed the #2 spot on the list. Ai Virginia Beach is a private for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ai Virginia Beach has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Ai Virginia Beach.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Miami, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s 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 $21,572 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #4 spot on the list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for International Fine Arts College is $19,579 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full International Fine Arts College Personal & Culinary Services Report

#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia
#4 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Atlanta landed the #5 spot on the 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.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ai Atlanta has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Atlanta is $23,167 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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