2027 Best Value Culinary Science/Culinology Bachelor’s Degree Schools
[Culinary Science/Culinology](/majors/personal-and-culinary-services/culinary-arts/culinary-science-culinology/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong culinary science/culinology education at a price that pays off.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for culinary science/culinology students.
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2027 Best Value Culinary Science/Culinology Schools in the United States
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in culinary science/culinology, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Culinary Science/Culinology Schools
Leading the list is Johnson And Wales University Providence, our #1 best value for culinary science/culinology in the United States. Set in the city of Providence, Johnson And Wales University Providence is a mid-sized private not-for-profit institution. In-state tuition and fees average $41,982. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete the culinary science/culinology program here. Early-career culinary science/culinology graduates make about $32,775. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value. The acceptance rate is 88%.
Culinary Institute Of America is a great value for students pursuing a degree in culinary science/culinology, landing the #2 spot this year. Culinary Institute Of America is a mid-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hyde Park. Students from in state pay about $38,670 in tuition and fees. Typical student debt for culinary science/culinology graduates is $27,000. Early-career culinary science/culinology graduates make about $43,808. That is a strong return on a $27,000 median debt. Culinary Institute Of America admits about 91% of applicants.
Other Culinary Science/Culinology Degree Levels
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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