2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

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 Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 4,190 people earned their degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef, making the major the 284th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 78 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 73 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia associate degree baking & pastry arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$19,926 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, ECPI University landed the #1 spot on the list. ECPI University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 26 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

ECPI University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $19,926 for Virginia Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend ECPI University.

Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at ECPI University

#2

Stratford University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stratford University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Stratford University is a private for-profit institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Stratford University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” list.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Stratford University Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef (Income $0-$30k)

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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