2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$27,255
Avg Salary
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 New England region, there were 719 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,582 and $18,353 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 421 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in culinary arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent culinary arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the culinary arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate”.
Top 3 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the New England Region
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. North Shore Community College is located in Danvers, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 associates’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our new england region associate degree vets studying culinary arts list, North Shore Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking.Among the 4,783 students enrolled at North Shore Community College, 231 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 186 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,024. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bristol Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Fall River, Massachusetts. It awarded 23 associates’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Bristol not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 144 of the 6,256 students enrolled at Bristol were GI Bill® students, of which 84 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,457. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the New England Region for Culinary Arts for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 293 diplomas to qualified associates’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
JWU Providence not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list.Among the 5,676 students enrolled at Johnson & Wales University - Providence, 265 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 175 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,319. In addition to receiving other benefits, 9 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Johnson & Wales University - Providence]](/colleges/johnson-and-wales-university-providence/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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