2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 1,380 people earned their degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager, making the major the 488th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 124 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 62 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,723 and $22,140 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 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 a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate”.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson County Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate. Overland Park, Kansas 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 13 students in 2020-2021.
JCCC also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1.According to our most recent data, Johnson County Community College supports 13,891 students, and 389 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 221 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,331. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Johnson County Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at JCCC]](/colleges/johnson-county-community-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Community College Area. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 25 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2020-2021.
Southeast Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 9,328 students enrolled at Southeast Community College, 17 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 7 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,488. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through 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 Southeast Community College Area]](/colleges/southeast-community-college-area/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- 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
- *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.
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