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Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$14,169 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,534 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, culinary arts was ranked #100 in the country. In fact 19,806 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named National Louis University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NLU are $14,169 a year.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 228
Ohio 133
Illinois 253
Indiana 12
Wisconsin 106

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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