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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,013 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,318 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #63 most popular major in Louisiana with 132 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. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Louisiana 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.

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for culinary arts majors pursuing a .

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Culinary Arts

#1

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA
$4,079 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delgado Community College the best value school in Louisiana for culinary arts students. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Delgado Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Delgado Community College are $4,079 a year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Delgado Community College

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA
$7,946 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nicholls State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Nicholls State University are $7,946 a year. The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at Nicholls State University take out is $25,949.

Full Culinary Arts at Nicholls State University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Crescent City Bartending School is a great value for culinary arts students. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Crescent Schools is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

After completing their degree, culinary arts graduates from Crescent Schools carry an average student debtload of $5,792.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 192
Virginia 261
North Carolina 401
Florida 298
Tennessee 36
Kentucky 109
South Carolina 85
Arkansas 53
Alabama 64
Mississippi 105
West Virginia 33

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.

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