2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Kentucky
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You
Culinary Arts is the #76 most popular major in Kentucky with 109 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. 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.
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 Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best value programs for culinary arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality in Culinary Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Somerset Community College the best value school in Kentucky for culinary arts students. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SCC are $4,488 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sullivan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Kentucky list. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.
Sullivan University undergraduate students pay an average of $13,500 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Culinary Arts majors at Sullivan University take out an average of $15,345 in student loans while working on their egree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $473, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 192 |
Virginia | 261 |
North Carolina | 401 |
Florida | 298 |
Tennessee | 36 |
South Carolina | 85 |
Louisiana | 132 |
Arkansas | 53 |
Alabama | 64 |
Mississippi | 105 |
West Virginia | 33 |
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Culinary Arts Related Majors for Culinary Arts
One of 4 majors within the area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Culinary Arts
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.