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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 21,906 people earned their degree in culinary arts, making the major the 80th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,725 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,481 and $17,581 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the culinary arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Delhi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Delhi, New York, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Delhi also made our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $14,867 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students with aid per year to attend SUNY Delhi.

Full SUNY Delhi Culinary Arts Report

#2

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #2 spot on the list. Cobleskill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students with aid.

Read more about Culinary Arts at SUNY Cobleskill

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is a private not-for-profit institution located in Paul Smiths, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Paul Smith’s College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is $23,784 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students with aid.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Paul Smith’s College

#4

Culinary Institute of America

Hyde Park, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute of America. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hyde Park, New York. It awarded 39 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students with aid list, The Culinary Institute of America has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Culinary Institute of America is $28,546 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students with aid.

Read more about Culinary Arts at Culinary Institute of America

#5

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Pennsylvania College of Technology is a public institution located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Penn College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $25,794 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students with aid per year to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Penn College

#6

Lackawanna College

Scranton, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Lackawanna College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s culinary arts students in 2019-2020.

Lackawanna College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Lackawanna College is $18,120 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students with aid.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Lackawanna College

The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a small private for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 17 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students with aid list, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $32,698 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students with aid per year to attend The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College.

Read more about Culinary Arts at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill 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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