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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$12,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,673 people earned their degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager, making the major the 456th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 116 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 47 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. CNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 4 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend CNM is $2,604 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Philip’s College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. St Philip’s College is a fairly large public school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 7 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s 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 Southwest Region” list. It costs about $5,761 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend St Philip’s College.

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#3

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pima Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Pima Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 18 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also took the #4 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pima Community College is $2,574 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. San Jacinto College is a large school located in Pasadena, Texas that handed out 5 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Jacinto College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,232 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute Inc. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a private for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k list, Culinary Institute LeNotre has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Culinary Institute LeNotre is $25,095 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Culinary Institute LeNotre Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Report

#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also took the #6 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $20,988 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Ai San Antonio.

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#7 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Austin landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Ai Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

Ai Austin also took the #7 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $21,877 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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