2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Culinary Arts/Chef Training is the 168th most popular major in the country with 9,052 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Maine, there were 25 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 20 culinary arts/chef training graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,263 and $19,245 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in culinary arts/chef training. That schools that top this list have a program in culinary arts/chef training in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in Maine

1

York County Community College
Wells, Maine

#13 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend York County Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine. York County Community College is a small public school situated in Wells, Maine. It awarded 5 associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, Maine

#16 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Maine Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine. Southern Maine Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 7 associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Central Maine Community College
Auburn, Maine

#17 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Maine Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine. Located in Auburn, Maine, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s culinary arts/chef training students in 2020-2021.

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4

Eastern Maine Community College
Bangor, Maine

#18 overall quality in Maine

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Maine Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine. Eastern Maine Community College is a public institution located in Bangor, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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5

Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kennebec Valley Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Culinary Arts/Chef Training Major in Maine list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Maine, and it awarded 2 associates’s culinary arts/chef training degrees in 2020-2021.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training in the New England Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts/Chef Training

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

• *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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