2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 3 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

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

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager in the Southwest Region

#1

The Art Institute of Houston

Houston, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,844 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private for-profit school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students in 2019-2020.

Ai Houston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The Art Institute of Houston is $22,844 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager students.

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#2

The Art Institute of San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$22,421 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Ai San Antonio is a small school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 14 bachelors’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees in 2019-2020.

Ai San Antonio not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Ai San Antonio is $22,421 for southwest region bachelor’s degree restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager students.

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#3

The Art Institute of Austin

Austin, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$24,156 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Austin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. The Art Institute of Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s restaurant, culinary, and catering management/manager degrees to qualified students.

Ai Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Austin is $24,156 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s 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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