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2022 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$26,936 Avg Salary
Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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 “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 21,906 people earned their degree in culinary arts, making the major the 80th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 5,704 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,616 and $17,992 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in culinary arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The culinary arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $48-$75k list, Nicholls State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nicholls State University is $13,412 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in North Miami, Florida, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

JWU North Miami also took the #1 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $23,708 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #3 spot on the list. AI Miami International University of Art and Design is a private for-profit institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

International Fine Arts College also made our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend International Fine Arts College is $22,519 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Culinary Arts at International Fine Arts College

#4

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is a small school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 11 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai Virginia Beach also took the #3 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ai Virginia Beach is $20,980 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Culinary Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Culinary Arts at Ai Virginia Beach

#5

The Art Institute of Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Ai Atlanta also made our “Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Atlanta is $24,960 for southeast region bachelor’s degree culinary arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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