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2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
43 Degrees Awarded
$6,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington 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. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,190 people earned their degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 128 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 43 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,441 and $15,677 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef 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 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k list. LWTech is located in Kirkland, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.

LWTech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend LWTech is $6,852 for Washington Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clover Park Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lakewood, Washington, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CPTC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clover Park Technical College is $6,253 for Washington Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts 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%.

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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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