2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Iowa, there were 19 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 4 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,684 and $18,179 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $75-$110k) in Iowa

#1

Iowa Western Community College

Council Bluffs, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$14,625 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa Western Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Iowa For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2019-2020.

Iowa Western Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa Western Community College is $14,625 for iowa associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

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%.

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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