2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Plains States region, there were 58 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 20 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$6,796 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis Community College is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.

Saint Louis Community College also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Saint Louis Community College is $6,796 for plains states region associate degree baking & pastry arts students.

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#2

Iowa Western Community College

Council Bluffs, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$11,477 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa Western Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Baking & Pastry Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and it awarded 4 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa Western Community College also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa Western Community College is $11,477 for plains states region associate degree baking & pastry arts students.

Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at Iowa Western Community College

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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).
• 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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