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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$4,456 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,543 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

With 477 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, culinary arts is the #35 most popular major in Colorado.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado to see which 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.

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

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

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Colorado

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

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Culinary Arts

$4,930 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Pickens Technical College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Pickens Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Aurora.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pickens Technical College are $4,930 a year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Pickens Technical College

#2

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO
$3,981 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Pikes Peak Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Colorado. Located in the suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PPCC are $3,981 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emily Griffith Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Colorado list. Emily Griffith is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Denver.

Full Culinary Arts at Emily Griffith Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Colorado list. Escoffier - Boulder is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

While working on their degree, culinary arts majors at Escoffier - Boulder accumulate an average of around $12,906 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $146, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 36
Idaho 19
Montana 17
Wyoming 7

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 averages are for the top 4 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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