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With all of the options veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 3,156 people earned their degree in general cooking and related culinary arts, making the major the 460th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 166 general cooking and related culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 92 general cooking and related culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,630 and $19,964 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general cooking and related culinary arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general cooking and related culinary arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general cooking and related culinary arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for an Associate”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Western Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Roanoke, Virginia, and it awarded 19 associates’s general cooking and related culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Virginia Western Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking.Among the 5,738 students enrolled at Virginia Western Community College, 158 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 104 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,244. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stratford University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Virginia for General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts for an Associate list. Stratford University is a private for-profit institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Stratford University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list.According to our most recent data, Stratford University supports 1,947 students, and 35 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 34 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,079. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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