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2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
150 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students 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 “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 13,104 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,843 and $10,818 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 150 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the personal and culinary services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Delhi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SUNY Delhi is a public institution located in Delhi, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Delhi, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Delhi is $10,756 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Cobleskill. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SUNY Cobleskill is a public institution located in Cobleskill, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k list, SUNY Cobleskill has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Cobleskill is $12,984 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Point Park University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Park University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s personal and culinary services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Point Park, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $17,733 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Point Park University.

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#4

Culinary Institute of America

Hyde Park, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute of America. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hyde Park, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 39 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k list, The Culinary Institute of America has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $25,981 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Culinary Institute of America.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #5 spot on the list. Paul Smiths, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k list, Paul Smith’s College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is $19,804 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Pennsylvania College of Technology came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a small public school situated in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Penn College is $22,255 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#7

Lackawanna College

Scranton, Pennsylvania
#7 in overall quality

Lackawanna College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Lackawanna College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lackawanna College is $16,635 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#8 in overall quality

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a small school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that handed out 17 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $0-$30k list, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is $31,376 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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