2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You
Culinary Arts is the #63 most popular major in Louisiana with 132 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for culinary arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Culinary Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Delgado Community College the best value school in Louisiana for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delgado Community College are $4,079 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, culinary arts majors at Delgado Community College accumulate an average of around $22,042 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the small city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nicholls State University are $7,946 a year.
Nicholls State University also took the #4 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.
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Request InformationBest Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 192 |
| Virginia | 261 |
| North Carolina | 401 |
| Florida | 298 |
| Tennessee | 36 |
| Kentucky | 109 |
| South Carolina | 85 |
| Arkansas | 53 |
| Alabama | 64 |
| Mississippi | 105 |
| West Virginia | 33 |
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 averages are for the top 2 schools 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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