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

11 Ranked Colleges
237 Degrees Awarded
$14,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southwest region, there were 549 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 237 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered a degree 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 Southwest 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 11 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

El Centro College

Dallas, Texas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

El Centro College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,474 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend El Centro College.

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#2

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the #2 spot on the list. St Philip’s College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,690 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend St Philip’s College.

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#3

Houston Community College

Houston, Texas
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Houston Community College is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 14 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Houston Community College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,755 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Houston Community College.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Austin Community College District. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Austin Community College District is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 7 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District 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 Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $11,596 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Collin County Community College District. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Collin County Community College District is a large school located in McKinney, Texas that handed out 7 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Collin County Community College District also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $9,967 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Collin County Community College District.

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#6

El Paso Community College

El Paso, Texas
#9 in overall quality

El Paso Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. El Paso Community College is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 13 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

El Paso Community College also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend El Paso Community College is $10,469 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#5 in overall quality

San Jacinto Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Pasadena, Texas, and it awarded 8 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $12,672 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#8

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, Texas
#10 in overall quality

Del Mar College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Del Mar College is a public institution located in Corpus Christi, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

DMC also took the #10 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for DMC is $10,696 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#1 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Houston landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Houston, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Houston is $27,535 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#11 in overall quality

Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #10. Escoffier - Austin is a small private for-profit school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 57 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Escoffier - Austin, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $19,418 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin.

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#11

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas
#13 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 5 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #13. It costs about $27,286 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend The Art Institute of San Antonio.

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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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