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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$19,354 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,534 Avg Salary

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

With 701 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, culinary arts is the #81 most popular major in Texas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for culinary arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Culinary Arts

Our analysis found The Art Institute of Dallas to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Texas. The Art Institute of Dallas is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

The Art Institute of Dallas undergraduate students pay an average of $19,354 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, culinary arts graduates from The Art Institute of Dallas carry an average student debtload of $36,488.

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Out of the 3 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of San Antonio landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, Ai San Antonio is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ai San Antonio are $19,354 per year. Culinary Arts majors at Ai San Antonio take out an average of $34,934 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $399, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 3 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Houston landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ai Houston is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ai Houston are $19,354 a year. On average, culinary arts graduates from Ai Houston take out $34,934 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $399, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 87
Oklahoma 26
New Mexico 42

One of 4 majors within the area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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