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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant (Income $75-$110k)

2 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$9,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 932 people earned their degree in food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant, making the major the 1224th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 12 food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant (Income $75-$110k)

#1

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washtenaw Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and it awarded 2 associates’s food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant degrees in 2019-2020.

Washtenaw Community College also made our “Best Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $5,875 for associate degree food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Washtenaw Community College.

Read more about Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant at Washtenaw Community College

#2

Grayson College

Denison, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grayson College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Denison, Texas, this small public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s food preparation/professional cooking/kitchen assistant students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grayson College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grayson College is $13,721 for Associate Degree Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant at Grayson 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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