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2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
488 Degrees Awarded
$19,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 New England region, there were 3,570 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,052 and $10,687 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 488 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Manchester, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

MCC also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend MCC is $7,142 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Manchester Community College

#2

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Danvers, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

North Shore Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $9,129 for New England Region Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students with aid per year to attend North Shore Community College.

Full North Shore Community College Personal & Culinary Services Report

#3

Massasoit Community College

Brockton, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massasoit Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Massasoit Community College is located in Brockton, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to qualified students.

Massasoit Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Massasoit Community College is $8,430 for New England Region Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students with aid.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Massasoit Community College

#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bristol is located in Fall River, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to qualified students.

Bristol also took the #7 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bristol is $7,194 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Read more about Personal & Culinary Services at Bristol Community College

#5

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. SMCC is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Full Southern Maine Community College Personal & Culinary Services Report

#6

FINE Mortuary College

Norwood, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

FINE Mortuary College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Norwood, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to 31 students in 2019-2020.

FINE Mortuary College also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend FINE Mortuary College is $39,529 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at FINE Mortuary College

#7

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Manchester, New Hampshire is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

SNHU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SNHU is $41,095 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Read more about Personal & Culinary Services at Southern New Hampshire University

#8

New England Culinary Institute

Montpelier, Vermont
#8 in overall quality

New England Culinary Institute did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. New England Culinary Institute is a small private for-profit school situated in Montpelier, Vermont. It awarded 19 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

New England Culinary Institute also took the #8 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend New England Culinary Institute is $26,777 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full New England Culinary Institute Personal & Culinary Services Report

#9

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
#9 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 273 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $26,775 for new england region associate degree personal & culinary services students with aid per year to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence.

Read more about Personal & Culinary Services at JWU Providence

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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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