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2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
162 Degrees Awarded
$3,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager is the 456th most popular major in the country with 1,673 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 407 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 162 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager 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 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the #1 spot on the list. FSCJ is a large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 29 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

FSCJ also took the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $2,126 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend FSCJ.

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#2

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valencia College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Valencia College is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 26 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Valencia College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Valencia College is $4,870 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami Dade College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school handed out 33 degrees to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

MDC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for MDC is $4,471 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Gulf Coast State College

Panama City, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gulf Coast State College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Panama City, Florida, this small public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

GCSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for GCSC is $2,106 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, Florida
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pensacola State College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Pensacola, Florida, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Pensacola State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $2,182 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Pensacola State.

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#6

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Daytona State College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Daytona State College is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Daytona State College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Daytona State College is $7,577 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#6 in overall quality

Eastern Florida State College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Cocoa, Florida, and it awarded 3 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

EFSC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $4,806 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend EFSC.

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#8

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, Florida
#8 in overall quality

Indian River State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #8. Indian River State College is a public institution located in Fort Pierce, Florida. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Indian River State College, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $1,402 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Indian River State 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%.

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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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