2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
This year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager programs that also have a lower cost than 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
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students.
Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Valencia College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.
Valencia College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Valencia College is $5,205 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State College at Jacksonville landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida State College at Jacksonville is a large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 29 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FSCJ, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for FSCJ is $3,916 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Daytona State College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Daytona State College is located in Daytona Beach, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.
Daytona State College also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $8,789 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students per year to attend Daytona State College.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Dade College landed the #4 spot on the list. Miami Dade College is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 33 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
MDC also took the #3 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $4,842 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students per year to attend Miami Dade College.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gulf Coast State College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for GCSC is $2,779 for southeast region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students.
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Pensacola State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Pensacola, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Pensacola State also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Pensacola State is $3,110 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students.
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Eastern Florida State College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Cocoa, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.
EFSC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend EFSC is $4,955 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students.
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Indian River State College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Fort Pierce, Florida, and it awarded 1 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.
Indian River State College also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for Indian River State College is $2,003 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students.
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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).
- 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
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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