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2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Central New Mexico Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. CNM is a large public school situated in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It awarded 4 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

CNM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central New Mexico Community College is $3,626 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Philip’s College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,522 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend St Philip’s College.

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#3

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 18 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,417 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Pima County Community College District.

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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 $30-$48k. San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

San Jacinto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto Community College is $8,502 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Culinary Institute Inc landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Culinary Institute LeNotre did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $27,738 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Culinary Institute LeNotre.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

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#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 4 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $22,788 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend The Art Institute of San Antonio.

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#7 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Austin ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $30-$48k list, Ai Austin has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Austin is $22,824 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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