by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Culinary Arts is the 97th most popular major in the country with 22,075 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , culinary arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $24,478 and had an average of $14,830 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,187 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,400 and $17,606 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 69 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in culinary arts. That schools that top this list have a program in culinary arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region. The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s culinary arts students in 2021-2022.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Thibodaux, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 33 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. International Fine Arts College is a small private for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 4 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi University for Women is located in Columbus, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Life University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Marietta, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s culinary arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of North Alabama did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. University of North Alabama is a medium-sized school located in Florence, Alabama that handed out 1 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Mississippi State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 5 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Holy Cross did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. UHC is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
St. Thomas University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. St. Thomas University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami Gardens, Florida. It awarded 0 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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