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2023 Best Value Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services in the New England Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
4,063 Degrees Awarded
$17,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England 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 has developed its “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 130,328 people earned their degree in personal and culinary services, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, personal and culinary services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $18,795 and had an average of $12,190 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 4,063 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,897 and $11,960 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 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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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services in the New England Region (With Aid)

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North Shore Community College
Danvers, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Shore Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Danvers, Massachusetts, and it awarded 30 ’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Shore Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $7,558 for New England Region Personal & Culinary Services students with aid per year to attend North Shore Community College.

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Bristol Community College
Fall River, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bristol Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Bristol Community College is a public institution located in Fall River, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Bristol not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Bristol Community College is $6,862 for new england region personal & culinary services students with aid.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 7 ’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $10,703 for new england region personal & culinary services students with aid.

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Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s personal and culinary services degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.

Boston U also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Boston U is $30,395 for new england region personal & culinary services students with aid.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

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FINE Mortuary College
Norwood, Massachusetts

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, FINE Mortuary College landed the #5 spot on the list. FINE Mortuary College is located in Norwood, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 ’s personal and culinary services degrees to qualified students.

FINE Mortuary College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend FINE Mortuary College is $23,324 for new england region personal & culinary services students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Personal & Culinary Services at FINE Mortuary College

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 403 ’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2020-2021.

JWU Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend JWU Providence is $28,582 for New England Region Personal & Culinary Services students with aid.

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