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2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

8 Ranked Colleges
162 Degrees Awarded
$8,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager is the 456th most popular major in the country with 1,673 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 407 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 162 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Valencia College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Valencia College is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Valencia College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $8,976 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Valencia College.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State College at Jacksonville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. FSCJ is located in Jacksonville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

FSCJ not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $8,713 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Florida State College at Jacksonville.

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#3

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami Dade College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Miami Dade College is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 33 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MDC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,129 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Miami Dade College.

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#4

Gulf Coast State College

Panama City, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gulf Coast State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Gulf Coast State College is a public institution located in Panama City, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GCSC also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $7,761 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend GCSC.

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#5

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, Florida
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pensacola State College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Pensacola State is a public institution located in Pensacola, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pensacola State, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $6,496 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Pensacola State.

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#6

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Daytona State College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Daytona State College is a fairly large public school situated in Daytona Beach, Florida. It awarded 18 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Daytona State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Daytona State College is $12,630 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#6 in overall quality

Eastern Florida State College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. EFSC is a fairly large public school situated in Cocoa, Florida. It awarded 3 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

EFSC also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $9,130 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend EFSC.

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#8

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, Florida
#8 in overall quality

Indian River State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #8. Indian River State College is a fairly large public school situated in Fort Pierce, Florida. It awarded 1 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Indian River State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,342 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Indian River State College.

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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).
  • 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%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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