2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans 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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager is the 488th most popular major in the country with 1,380 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 222 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 116 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager programs as well as strong veteran support.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree vets studying restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager.

Top 2 Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Nassau Community College
Garden City, New York

217 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Nassau Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Nassau Community College is a fairly large school located in Garden City, New York that handed out 14 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2020-2021.

Nassau Community 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 Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 13,864 students enrolled at Nassau Community College, 217 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 141 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,692. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Nassau Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.

[Read full report on veteran student life at Nassau Community College]](/colleges/nassau-community-college/student-life/veterans/)

2

Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn, New York

186 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$3,565 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kingsborough Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate list. KCC is a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

KCC also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 186 of the 15,116 students enrolled at Kingsborough Community College were GI Bill® students, of which 174 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,565. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

[Read full report on veteran student life at KCC]](/colleges/cuny-kingsborough-community-college/student-life/veterans/)

• Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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.

Credits

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