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2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
430 Degrees Awarded
$16,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Culinary Arts is the 80th most popular major in the country with 21,906 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, culinary arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,822 and had an average of $19,004 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 750 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,557 and $15,791 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 430 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in culinary arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent culinary arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the culinary arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Manchester Community College

Manchester, Connecticut

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. MCC is located in Manchester, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, MCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $6,570 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MCC.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Manchester Community College

#2

North Shore Community College

Danvers, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. North Shore Community College is a public institution located in Danvers, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

North Shore Community College also made our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for North Shore Community College is $7,616 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full North Shore Community College Culinary Arts Report

#3

Massasoit Community College

Brockton, Massachusetts

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massasoit Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Massasoit Community College is a medium-sized school located in Brockton, Massachusetts that handed out 16 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Massasoit Community College also made our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Massasoit Community College is $7,134 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Culinary Arts at Massasoit Community College

#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bristol Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Fall River, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2019-2020.

Bristol not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $5,539 for new england region associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bristol.

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#5

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Maine Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SMCC is a public institution located in South Portland, Maine. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCC also made our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for SMCC is $8,902 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Culinary Arts at Southern Maine Community College

#6

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

Southern New Hampshire University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Southern New Hampshire University is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, SNHU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SNHU is $43,871 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at SNHU

#7

New England Culinary Institute

Montpelier, Vermont
#7 in overall quality

New England Culinary Institute ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Montpelier, Vermont, and it awarded 19 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, New England Culinary Institute has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for New England Culinary Institute is $26,073 for new england region associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Culinary Arts at New England Culinary Institute

#8

Johnson & Wales University - Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

Johnson & Wales University - Providence ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 273 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2019-2020.

JWU Providence also made our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence is $23,529 for New England Region Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University - Providence

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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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