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2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
138 Degrees Awarded
$8,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Hawaii, there were 372 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,443 and $11,186 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 138 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,032 and $14,475 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the personal and culinary services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services (Income $30-$48k) in Hawaii

#1

Kapiolani Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kapiolani Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this medium-sized public school handed out 61 degrees to qualified associates’s personal and culinary services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kapiolani CC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. It costs about $6,422 for Hawaii Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Kapiolani Community College.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Kapiolani CC

#2

Leeward Community College

Pearl City, Hawaii
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Leeward Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Pearl City, Hawaii, and it awarded 15 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Leeward CC also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Leeward Community College is $7,183 for hawaii associate degree personal & culinary services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Leeward CC Personal & Culinary Services Report

#3

Honolulu Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Honolulu Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

Honolulu CC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. The yearly cost to attend Honolulu Community College is $8,398 for Hawaii Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at Honolulu CC

#4

Kauai Community College

Lihue, Hawaii
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kauai Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k. Kauai CC is a small school located in Lihue, Hawaii that handed out 9 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Kauai CC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” list. It costs about $8,325 for Hawaii Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Kauai Community College.

Full Kauai Community College Personal & Culinary Services Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii Maui College landed the #5 spot on the list. Kahului, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s personal and culinary services degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Maui College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH Maui College is $9,255 for Hawaii Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full UH Maui College Personal & Culinary Services Report

#6 in overall quality

Hawaii Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for an Associate in Hawaii For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Hawaii Community College is a small public school situated in Hilo, Hawaii. It awarded 14 associates’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii CC also made our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Hawaii” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Hawaii Community College is $11,166 for Hawaii Associate Degree Personal & Culinary Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Hawaii CC Personal & Culinary Services Report

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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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