2025 Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of personal & culinary services. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 189 associate degrees in personal & culinary services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to personal & culinary services students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other personal & culinary services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for personal & culinary services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Personal & Culinary Services Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Personal & Culinary Services Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Personal & Culinary Services

1

ECPI University
Virginia Beach, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

ECPI University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in personal & culinary services. ECPI University is a large private for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach.More information about a associate in personal & culinary services from ECPI University

2

John Tyler Community College
Chester, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

36 Annual Graduates

John Tyler Community College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in personal & culinary services. Located in the large suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in personal & culinary services from John Tyler Community College

Best Personal & Culinary Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	37	133
Georgia	34	319
Arkansas	33	79
Florida	32	367
North Carolina	30	668
Kentucky	30	109
Tennessee	30	77
West Virginia	29	33
Louisiana	26	101
South Carolina	26	92
Alabama	24	193

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Personal & Culinary Services Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts	132
Funeral & Mortuary Science	57

Majors Similar to Personal & Culinary Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Mechanic & Repair Technologies	260
Construction Trades	68
Precision Production	28

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.