2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maine
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 24 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #106 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School
Our analysis found Southern Maine Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Maine. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,874 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, culinary arts majors at SMCC accumulate an average of around $11,649 in student debt.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 81 |
Connecticut | 29 |
New Hampshire | 17 |
Rhode Island | 400 |
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Culinary Arts Related Majors for Culinary Arts
One of 4 majors within the area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Culinary Arts
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Cosmetology | 107,895 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,354 |
Casino Operations and Services | 192 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 81 |
Notes and References
*These values are for the top school only.
- 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 the rest 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).
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