2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training (Income $30-$48k) in Vermont

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Culinary Arts/Chef Training is the 135th most popular major in the country with 10,007 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Vermont, there were 18 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts/chef training 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 culinary arts/chef training program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training (Income $30-$48k) in Vermont

#1

New England Culinary Institute

Montpelier, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$21,214 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Culinary Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts/Chef Training Schools for an Associate in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Montpelier, Vermont, this small private for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts/chef training students in 2019-2020.

New England Culinary Institute also took the #1 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts/Chef Training Associate Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $21,214 for Vermont Associate Degree Culinary Arts/Chef Training students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New England Culinary Institute.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Culinary Arts/Chef Training at New England Culinary Institute

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training (Income $30-$48k)

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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