2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef in the Southwest Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef is the 284th most popular major in the country with 4,190 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 549 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 237 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.
Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. San Jacinto Community College is a large public school situated in Pasadena, Texas. It awarded 8 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
San Jacinto College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,692 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students per year to attend San Jacinto College.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, El Centro College landed the #2 spot on the list. El Centro College is a public institution located in Dallas, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at El Centro College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend El Centro College is $4,373 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 14 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Houston Community College also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $5,272 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students per year to attend Houston Community College.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the #4 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is located in McKinney, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.
Collin County Community College District also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Collin County Community College District is $6,293 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Scottsdale Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Scottsdale Community College is a medium-sized school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 10 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students list, Scottsdale Community College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Scottsdale Community College is $10,397 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students.
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With a ranking of #6, Austin Community College District did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Austin Community College District, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,861 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students per year to attend Austin Community College District.
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St Philip’s College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. St Philip’s College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 16 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students list, St Philip’s College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,250 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students per year to attend St Philip’s College.
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The Art Institute of Houston ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 11 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai Houston, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Houston is $22,844 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students.
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Del Mar College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. DMC is a fairly large public school situated in Corpus Christi, Texas. It awarded 3 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students list, DMC has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $5,738 for southwest region associate degree baking & pastry arts students per year to attend DMC.
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El Paso Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso Community College is a large public school situated in El Paso, Texas. It awarded 13 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at El Paso Community College, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $4,594 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students per year to attend El Paso Community College.
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Culinary Institute Inc landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 34 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Culinary Institute LeNotre also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. It costs about $26,349 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students per year to attend Culinary Institute Inc.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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With a ranking of #12, The Art Institute of San Antonio did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. The Art Institute of San Antonio is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ai San Antonio, the school also landed the #13 spot in our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai San Antonio is $22,421 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students.
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The Art Institute of Austin came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
Ai Austin also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #14. It costs about $24,156 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Baking & Pastry Arts students per year to attend Ai Austin.
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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%.
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