by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Culinary Arts is a major offered under the personal and culinary services program of study at The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in culinary arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Ai Virginia Beach was ranked #101 on College Factual's Best Schools for culinary arts list. It is also ranked #2 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Ai Virginia Beach.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Ai Virginia Beach paid an average of $535 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,260 | $19,260 |
| Fees | $94 | $94 |
| Books and Supplies | $600 | $600 |
Learn more about Ai Virginia Beach tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Culinary Arts students who received their bachelor’s degree at Ai Virginia Beach took out an average of $38,939 in student loans. That is 11% higher than the national average of $35,148.
culinary arts who receive their bachelor’s degree from Ai Virginia Beach make an average of $29,105 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $28,635.
Online degrees for the Ai Virginia Beach culinary arts bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Ai Virginia Beach Online Learning page.
Women made up around 54.5% of the culinary arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 63.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 63.6% of the culinary arts bachelor’s degrees at Ai Virginia Beach in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 4 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Culinary Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager | 11 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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