2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant is the 1224th most popular major in the country with 932 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant

#1

Grayson College

Denison, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$7,877 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grayson College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate. Grayson College is a public institution located in Denison, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grayson College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Grayson College is $7,877 for Associate Degree Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant students.

Full Grayson College Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Report

#2

Washtenaw Community College

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$2,441 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washtenaw Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Schools for an Associate 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Washtenaw Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $2,441 for Associate Degree Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant students per year to attend Washtenaw Community College.

Read full report on Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant at Washtenaw Community College

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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