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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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 Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. San Antonio, Texas 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 7 students in 2019-2020.

St Philip’s College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St Philip’s College is $6,250 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

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#2

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 #2 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students 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. It costs about $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students with aid per year to attend CNM.

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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 #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. San Jacinto Community College is a public institution located in Pasadena, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jacinto College also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend San Jacinto College is $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students with aid.

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#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tucson, Arizona 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 18 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid list, Pima County Community College District has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima Community College is $3,583 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

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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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Culinary Institute Inc landed the #5 spot on the list. Culinary Institute Inc is a small school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 8 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Culinary Institute LeNotre also took the #5 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Culinary Institute Inc is $26,349 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Ai San Antonio is $22,421 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

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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 Getting Aid list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Austin is $24,156 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students with aid.

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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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