2023 Best Culinary Arts Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts” ranking.
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 Oregon, there were 123 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,362 and $14,383 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in culinary arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great culinary arts programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the culinary arts program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts”.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts”.
Top 2 Best Culinary Arts Colleges for Veterans in Oregon
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Oregon Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bend, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s culinary arts degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
COCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Of the 4,304 students enrolled at COCC, 414 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 344 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,849. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. COCC does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Oregon Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Oregon for Culinary Arts list. Southwestern Oregon Community College is a public institution located in Coos Bay, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 52 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
SWOCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] on our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list.Among the 1,537 students enrolled at Southwestern Oregon Community College, 114 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 53 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,405. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Southwestern Oregon Community College offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at SWOCC]](/colleges/southwestern-oregon-community-college/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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