by our College Data Analytics Team
In 2021-2022, N/A people earned their bachelor's in culinary arts, making the major the #216 most popular in the United States.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts ranking looked at 17 colleges that offer a bachelor's in culinary arts. When talking about the 'best value', we do not simply mean those with the lowest price. We are more focused on culinary arts schools that offer a high quality education at a price lower that other schools of similar academic excellence.
When calculating average cost, we take tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, and other related expenses into account. We then subtract the average financial aid award. The is meant to give you an idea of how much money you'll need to pay out-of-pocket through loans, external scholarships, or other methods. Your cost may be different from the average one, depending on your income and other factors.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Value Culinary Arts Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for the money for culinary arts majors.
National Louis University comes in at #1 in this year's ranking. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago. NLU not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Culinary Arts Schools list.
If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
Nicholls State University earned the #2 spot in our 2024 rankings. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Thibodaux.
It takes about 4.6 years for the average student at Nicholls State University to complete their degree, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $17,279. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from Nicholls State University be around $79,483. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
Our rankings recognize Universidad del Este as the #3 school in this year's rankings. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Carolina.
When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
SUNY Delhi comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the remote town of Delhi, SUNY Delhi is a public school with a small student population.
At SUNY Delhi, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.5 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $19,863. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Delhi is $88,589. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
Southern New Hampshire University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.
The average student at SNHU graduates in less than 4.1 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $26,861. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from SNHU is $110,936. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
Read full report on Culinary Arts at Southern New Hampshire University
Our rankings recognize Culinary Institute of America as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. The Culinary Institute of America not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Culinary Arts Schools list.
Read full report on Culinary Arts at Culinary Institute of America
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The Art Institute of Dallas. Located in the city of Dallas, The Art Institute of Dallas is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
Read full report on Culinary Arts at The Art Institute of Dallas
The Art Institute of Houston earned the #8 spot in our 2024 rankings. Located in the large city of Houston, Ai Houston is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
Our rankings recognize AI Miami International University of Art and Design as the #9 school in this year's rankings. International Fine Arts College is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Miami.
The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
Read full report on Culinary Arts at AI Miami International University of Art and Design
The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The Art Institute of Atlanta. Located in the medium-sized city of Atlanta, Ai Atlanta is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of Personal & Culinary Services programs to choose from.
*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.
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