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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$20,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized school located in Thibodaux, Louisiana that handed out 40 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nicholls State University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nicholls State University is $12,247 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Full Nicholls State University Personal & Culinary Services Report

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - North Miami landed the #2 spot on the list. JWU North Miami is located in North Miami, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees to qualified students.

JWU North Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $22,909 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Full JWU North Miami Personal & Culinary Services Report

#3

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 11 degrees to qualified bachelors’s personal and culinary services students in 2019-2020.

Ai Virginia Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is $23,561 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Full The Art Institute of Virginia Beach Personal & Culinary Services Report

#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 Getting Aid. International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for International Fine Arts College is $20,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students with aid.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at AI Miami International University of Art and Design

#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Ai Atlanta is a small private for-profit school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 15 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also took the #4 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $23,051 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students with aid per year to attend Ai Atlanta.

Read more about Personal & Culinary Services at The Art Institute of Atlanta

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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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