2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in North Dakota

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in North Dakota” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 North Dakota, there were 13 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 13 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,663 and $15,449 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great culinary arts programs and cost less that 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in North Dakota” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in North Dakota

The colleges and universities below are the best for north dakota associate degree culinary arts students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Culinary Arts in North Dakota

#1

North Dakota State College of Science

Wahpeton, North Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$10,940 Average Net Price

$30,228 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools for an Associate in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State College of Science landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Wahpeton, North Dakota, this small public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Dakota State College of Science, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in North Dakota” ranking. It costs about $10,940 for North Dakota Associate Degree Culinary Arts students per year to attend North Dakota State College of Science.

Read more about Culinary Arts at North Dakota State College of Science

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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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