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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

5 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Culinary Arts is the 80th most popular major in the country with 21,906 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, culinary arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,822 and had an average of $19,004 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 5,704 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,616 and $17,992 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in culinary arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great culinary arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the culinary arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized school located in Thibodaux, Louisiana that handed out 40 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $30-$48k list, Nicholls State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,304 for southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Nicholls State University.

Full Nicholls State University Culinary Arts Report

#2

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s culinary arts students in 2019-2020.

Ai Virginia Beach did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is $23,983 for southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. JWU North Miami is located in North Miami, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

JWU North Miami did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend JWU North Miami is $21,572 for southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Culinary Arts at JWU North Miami

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #4 spot on the list. International Fine Arts College is a small school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 11 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at International Fine Arts College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend International Fine Arts College is $19,579 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at AI Miami International University of Art and Design

#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Ai Atlanta is $23,167 for southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts 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%.

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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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