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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 3,156 people earned their degree in general cooking and related culinary arts, making the major the 460th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 383 general cooking and related culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 36 general cooking and related culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general cooking and related culinary arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general cooking and related culinary arts programs in the United States.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree general cooking & related culinary arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute Inc. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 26 degrees to qualified associates’s general cooking and related culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at Culinary Institute LeNotre
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Arizona College landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Arizona College is a small public school situated in Coolidge, Arizona. It awarded 4 associates’s general cooking and related culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at Pinal County Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mohave Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate list. Mohave Community College is a small school located in Kingman, Arizona that handed out 3 associates’s general cooking and related culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at MCC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navajo Technical University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts Major in the Southwest Region for an Associate. This small school is located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, and it awarded 3 associates’s general cooking and related culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at Navajo Tech
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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