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2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
129 Degrees Awarded
$11,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 292 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 129 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager programs, but they also 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. 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Nassau Community College

Garden City, New York
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Nassau Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Garden City, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Nassau Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nassau Community College is $4,594 for middle atlantic region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

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#2

Howard Community College

Columbia, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Columbia, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at HCC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $9,823 for middle atlantic region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid per year to attend Howard Community College.

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#3

Kingsborough Community College

Brooklyn, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kingsborough Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 33 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

KCC also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Kingsborough Community College is $5,092 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students with aid.

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#4

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Delhi landed the #4 spot on the list. SUNY Delhi is a public institution located in Delhi, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Delhi also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Delhi is $14,867 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students with aid.

Full SUNY Delhi Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Report

#5

SUNY Cobleskill

Cobleskill, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Cobleskill landed the #5 spot on the list. Cobleskill, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Cobleskill did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SUNY Cobleskill is $16,647 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students with aid.

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#6

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private for-profit school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts also took the #6 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $17,753 for middle atlantic region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid per year to attend Jna Institute of Culinary Arts.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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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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