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Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$1,684 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,957 Avg Salary

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.

Best Culinary Arts School

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for culinary arts students. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CNM are $1,684 a year. After completing their degree, culinary arts graduates from CNM carry an average student debtload of $8,735.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #5 for overall quality for culinary arts in New Mexico.

Full Culinary Arts at Central New Mexico Community College Report

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 701
Arizona 87
Oklahoma 26

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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