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2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
70 Degrees Awarded
$13,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef is the 284th most popular major in the country with 4,190 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 272 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 70 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef programs, but they also cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Oregon Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Southwestern Oregon Community College is a small school located in Coos Bay, Oregon that handed out 18 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWOCC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Oregon Community College is $12,036 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Kirkland, Washington, this small public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2019-2020.

LWTech also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $13,846 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

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#3

Clover Park Technical College

Lakewood, Washington
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clover Park Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Clover Park Technical College is a small school located in Lakewood, Washington that handed out 3 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CPTC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Clover Park Technical College is $13,351 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Oregon Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. COCC is located in Bend, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.

COCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for COCC is $13,365 for far western us region associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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