2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 119,853 people earned their degree in personal and culinary services, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. 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 Southwest region, there were 16,823 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,285 and $12,207 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 personal and culinary services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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 Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Personal & Culinary Services in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$16,562 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Central Oklahoma is a fairly large public school situated in Edmond, Oklahoma. It awarded 26 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students per year to attend UCO.

Full UCO Personal & Culinary Services Report

#2

The Art Institute of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,844 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Houston. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Ai Houston is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 13 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Houston is $22,844 for southwest region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students.

Read full report on Personal & Culinary Services at The Art Institute of Houston

#3

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$22,421 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Ai San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s personal and culinary services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai San Antonio, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $22,421 for southwest region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students per year to attend Ai San Antonio.

Read more about Personal & Culinary Services at Ai San Antonio

#4

The Art Institute of Austin

Austin, Texas

#4 in overall quality

$24,156 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Personal & Culinary Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Austin landed the #4 spot on the list. Ai Austin is a private for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Austin, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Personal & Culinary Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Austin is $24,156 for southwest region bachelor’s degree personal & culinary services students.

Full Ai Austin 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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