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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$3,874 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,593 Avg Salary

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a medium-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.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Southern Maine Community College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 81
Connecticut 29
New Hampshire 17
Rhode Island 400

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
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

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