Other Personal & Culinary Services
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Personal & Culinary Services degree recipients are Clovis, CA, El Reno, OK, and Blue Ash, OH. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Personal & Culinary Services degree recipients are Clovis, CA, El Reno, OK, and Blue Ash, OH. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Personal & Culinary Services is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Personal & Culinary Services and the types of students that study this field. Institute of Technology awards the most degrees in Other Personal & Culinary Services in the US, having also the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Personal & Culinary Services, followed by Canadian Valley Technology Center.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Personal & Culinary Services programs are Public, 2-year institutions (3 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, 2-year (84 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Personal & Culinary Services, is Private for-profit, 2-year (84 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Personal & Culinary Services programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Institute of Technology has the most Other Personal & Culinary Services degree recipients, with 84 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Personal & Culinary Services.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Personal & Culinary Services programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Institute of Technology has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Personal & Culinary Services, with 8.8%.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $65,453 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.
The industry that employs the most Personal & Culinary Services majors is Restaurants & Food Services, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Offices of physicians.
The average salary for Personal & Culinary Services majors is $65,453 and the most common occupations are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Personal & Culinary Services majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Personal & Culinary Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Personal & Culinary Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Chefs & head cooks, Cooks, and Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Personal & Culinary Services majors working as Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, Chefs & head cooks, and Embalmers & funeral attendants.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Personal & Culinary Services majors are Magnetic resonance imaging technologists, Producers & directors, and Physician assistants.
The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.71%, from 52,333 in 2023 to 54,274 in 2024.
The largest single share of Personal & Culinary Services graduates go on to work as Chefs & head cooks (15.8%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Personal & Culinary Services by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Personal & Culinary Services majors, by number of employees, are Restaurants & Food Services, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories , and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Personal & Culinary Services majors, by average wage, are Offices of physicians, Specialized design services, and Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing .
The number of Personal & Culinary Services graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.71%, from 52,333 in 2023 to 54,274 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Personal & Culinary Services graduates by share is Restaurants & Food Services, followed by Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories . This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Personal & Culinary Services.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Personal & Culinary Services majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Personal & Culinary Services majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Personal & Culinary Services in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Personal & Culinary Services is 39.9.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Male employees are more likely to hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees, and Hispanic or Latino students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Personal & Culinary Services (45 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Personal & Culinary Services. The most common ages of employees with this major are 32 and 28 years old, which represent 4.11% and 4.11% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Personal & Culinary Services are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Associates Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Personal & Culinary Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Personal & Culinary Services.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Personal & Culinary Services for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, Hispanic or Latino students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Other Personal & Culinary Services.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Northern Africa, not specified that hold Personal & Culinary Services degrees (18.8 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (2,223 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Personal & Culinary Services field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Personal & Culinary Services majors need many skills, but most especially Service Orientation. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Personal & Culinary Services majors need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Negotiation, and Active Listening.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Personal & Culinary Services majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Service Orientation is very distinctive for majors, but the Service Orientation, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.
