2023 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Minnesota, there were 1,197 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,463 and $12,945 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,091 and $24,039 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great personal and culinary services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the personal and culinary services program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota associate degree vets studying personal & culinary services.
Top 1 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Minnesota
Out of the 1 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Minnesota for Personal & Culinary Services for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 26 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Paul College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 79 of the 5,823 students enrolled at Saint Paul College were GI Bill® students, of which 50 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,549. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Saint Paul College]](/colleges/saint-paul-college-a-community-and-technical-college/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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