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2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
47 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,673 people earned their degree in restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager, making the major the 456th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 116 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 47 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager program at the school. 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 Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. San Jacinto College is located in Pasadena, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students list, San Jacinto College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto College is $8,692 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students.

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#2

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 4 students in 2019-2020.

CNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $3,429 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students per year to attend CNM.

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#3

St Philip's College

San Antonio, Texas
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Philip’s College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. San Antonio, Texas 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 7 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students list, St Philip’s College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $6,250 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students per year to attend St Philip’s College.

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#4

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region list. Pima Community College is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pima County Community College District is $3,583 for southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students.

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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Culinary Institute Inc. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a private for-profit institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Culinary Institute LeNotre also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $26,349 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students per year to attend Culinary Institute LeNotre.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#6 in overall quality

The Art Institute of San Antonio came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio also made our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $22,421 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students per year to attend Ai San Antonio.

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#7 in overall quality

The Art Institute of Austin 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 Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students list, Ai Austin has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Austin is $24,156 for southwest 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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