2024 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

an associate degree in personal & culinary services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #15 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 92 associate degrees in personal & culinary services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on personal & culinary services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of personal & culinary services students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt personal & culinary services students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized personal & culinary services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for personal & culinary services students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The personal & culinary services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Personal & Culinary Services in South Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in personal & culinary services.

Top South Carolina Schools for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

1

Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway, SC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in personal & culinary services has to take a look at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Located in the city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in personal & culinary services from Horry-Georgetown Technical College

2

Greenville Technical College
Greenville, SC

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Greenville Technical College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in personal & culinary services. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in personal & culinary services from Greenville Technical College

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	37	133
Georgia	34	319
Virginia	34	290
Arkansas	33	79
Florida	32	367
North Carolina	30	668
Kentucky	30	109
Tennessee	30	77
West Virginia	29	33
Louisiana	26	101
Alabama	24	193

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Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts	85
Funeral & Mortuary Science	7

Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies	275
Precision Production	84
Construction Trades	18

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images. More about our data sources and methodologies.