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.

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Check out the culinary arts associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Culinary Arts

#1

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

9 Associate Degrees

#12 in Quality in Louisiana

$4,079 Average Tuition & Fees

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 large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Delgado Community College are $4,079 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, culinary arts majors at Delgado Community College accumulate an average of around $22,042 in student debt.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Delgado Community College

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

8 Associate Degrees

#4 in Quality in Louisiana

$7,946 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nicholls State University are $7,946 per year.

Nicholls State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

Full Culinary Arts at Nicholls State University Report

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Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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