2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in Maine (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Maine, there were 48 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 39 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent culinary arts/chef training 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 culinary arts/chef training program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree culinary arts/chef training students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid. Southern Maine Community College is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in Maine” list. The yearly cost to attend SMCC is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training students with aid.

Read full report on Culinary Arts/Chef Training at Southern Maine Community College

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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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