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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,271 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,837 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #103 most popular major in South Carolina with 85 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 South Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in South Carolina 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. 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 Schools in South Carolina

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

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Culinary Arts

$5,356 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Horry-Georgetown Technical College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in South Carolina. Located in the small city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Horry-Georgetown Technical College are $5,356 per year. After completing their degree, culinary arts graduates from Horry-Georgetown Technical College carry an average student debtload of $17,304.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Horry-Georgetown Technical College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Greenville Technical College is a great value for culinary arts students. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GTC are $5,186 per year. The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at GTC take out is $24,813.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Greenville Technical College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges 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
Louisiana 132
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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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