2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #66 most popular major in Mississippi with 105 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Mississippi 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Meridian Community College

Meridian, MS

2 Associate Degrees

#8 in Quality in Mississippi

$3,574 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Meridian Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Mississippi. Located in the town of Meridian, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,574 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Meridian Community College

#2

East Central Community College

Decatur, MS

4 Associate Degrees

#12 in Quality in Mississippi

$3,150 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Central Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the rural area of Decatur, East Central Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at East Central Community College are $3,150 per year.

Full Culinary Arts at East Central Community College Report

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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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