2022 Best Value Colleges for Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 932 people earned their degree in food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant, making the major the 1224th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 38 food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant 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 food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Grayson College

Denison, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$7,336 Average Net Price

$63,700 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grayson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Grayson College is a small school located in Denison, Texas that handed out 6 ’s food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Grayson College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grayson College is $7,336 for Southwest Region Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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