2023 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Missouri
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Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Culinary Arts is the 97th most popular major in the country with 19,806 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, culinary arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $24,855 and had an average of $17,765 in loans still to pay off.
Across Missouri, there were 87 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,104 and $12,672 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,899 and $23,654 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in culinary arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the culinary arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Missouri
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ozarks Technical Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate list. Ozarks Technical Community College is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at OTC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking.According to our most recent data, OTC supports 11,237 students, and 564 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 219 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,819. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full OTC Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Missouri for Culinary Arts for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 34 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Saint Louis Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list.According to our most recent data, Saint Louis Community College supports 15,206 students, and 16 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,111. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full Saint Louis Community College Veteran Student Life Report
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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