by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Culinary Arts is the 97th most popular major in the country with 19,806 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, culinary arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $24,855 and had an average of $17,765 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 5,131 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,782 and $19,450 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in culinary arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in culinary arts.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region”.
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 #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region. The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Atlanta. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Ai Atlanta is located in Atlanta, Georgia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It awarded 42 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #4 spot on the list. AI Miami International University of Art and Design is located in Miami, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Culinary Arts at International Fine Arts College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. MUW is a small school located in Columbus, Mississippi that handed out 15 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Life University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. This small school is located in Marietta, Georgia, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, University of North Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Alabama is a public institution located in Florence, Alabama. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Culinary Arts at University of North Alabama
Mississippi State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Culinary Arts at Mississippi State University
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. JWU Charlotte is a small school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 206 bachelors’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte
University of Holy Cross came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
St. Thomas University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Miami Gardens, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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