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2022 Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
273 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,007 people earned their degree in culinary arts/chef training, making the major the 135th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 425 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 273 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in culinary arts/chef training. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts/chef training 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 culinary arts/chef training program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree culinary arts/chef training students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manchester Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Manchester, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

MCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Manchester Community College is $6,570 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Shore Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Danvers, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

North Shore Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend North Shore Community College is $7,616 for new england region associate degree culinary arts/chef training students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Massasoit Community College

Brockton, Massachusetts
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Brockton, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified associates’s culinary arts/chef training students in 2019-2020.

Massasoit Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Massasoit Community College is $7,134 for new england region associate degree culinary arts/chef training students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. SMCC is a medium-sized school located in South Portland, Maine that handed out 10 associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $8,902 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s culinary arts/chef training students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SNHU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SNHU is $43,871 for new england region associate degree culinary arts/chef training students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6

New England Culinary Institute

Montpelier, Vermont
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, New England Culinary Institute did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. New England Culinary Institute is located in Montpelier, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees to qualified students.

New England Culinary Institute also made our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for New England Culinary Institute is $26,073 for new england region associate degree culinary arts/chef training students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 4 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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#7

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island
#7 in overall quality

Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 159 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU Providence also took the #7 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for JWU Providence is $23,529 for new england region associate degree culinary arts/chef training 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%.

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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