2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Illinois, there were 668 culinary arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,223 and $13,205 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in culinary arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality culinary arts programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts”.
Top 3 Best Culinary Arts Colleges for Veterans in Illinois
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts list. This medium-sized school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 53 ’s culinary arts degrees in 2020-2021.
NLU also took the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Among the 7,402 students enrolled at NLU, 15 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 14 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $9,078. To help with additional expenses, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full National Louis University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Joliet Junior College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts list. Joliet Junior College is located in Joliet, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 46 ’s culinary arts degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Joliet Junior College, the school also landed the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] spot in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 171 of the 10,267 students enrolled at Joliet Junior College were GI Bill® students, of which 112 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,584. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Joliet Junior College]](/colleges/joliet-junior-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Illinois for Culinary Arts. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small public school awarded 153 diplomas to qualified ’s culinary arts students in 2020-2021.
Kennedy-King College also made our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” list, coming in at #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS].Among the 1,878 students enrolled at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College, 76 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 52 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $1,763. 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Kennedy-King College]](/colleges/city-colleges-of-chicago-kennedy-king-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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