2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,322 people earned their degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef, making the major the 367th most popular in the United States.
Across Illinois, there were 145 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 65 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,626 and $15,120 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
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, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate”.
Top 2 Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate list. National Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
NLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list.Our most recent data shows that 15 of the 7,402 students enrolled at NLU were GI Bill® students, of which 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,078. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full NLU Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Baking & Pastry Arts for an Associate. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 23 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Kennedy-King College also made our “Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2.Among the 1,878 students enrolled at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College, 76 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 52 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $1,763. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for 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 Kennedy-King College]](/colleges/city-colleges-of-chicago-kennedy-king-college/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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