2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 42 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a New Mexico college or university. This makes it the #84 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges.

Best Culinary Arts School

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, NM

70 Degrees

#5 in Quality in New Mexico

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, culinary arts graduates from CNM carry an average student debtload of $8,735.

CNM not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Culinary Arts Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Culinary Arts at Central New Mexico Community College Report

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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