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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

1 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$7,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that 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 Alabama, there were 81 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,933 and $9,500 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 48 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,270 and $19,839 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the culinary arts 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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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 Schools for an Associate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama associate degree culinary arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Alabama

#1

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville

Hanceville, Alabama
#1 in overall quality
$7,511 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in Alabama For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Wallace State Community College, Hanceville landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Hanceville, Alabama, and it awarded 3 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Wallace State, Hanceville also took the #1 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wallace State Community College, Hanceville is $7,511 for Alabama Associate Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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%.

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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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