by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 19,806 people earned their degree in culinary arts, making the major the 97th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 645 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,735 and $13,456 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in culinary arts. That schools that top this list have a program in culinary arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Plains States Region”.
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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 Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of the Ozarks. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Point Lookout, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwest Minnesota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Culinary Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Marshall, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s culinary arts degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Full Southwest Minnesota State University Culinary Arts Report
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