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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,104 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #102 most popular major in Illinois with 253 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Culinary Arts

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Lake Land College the best value school in Illinois for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

Lake Land College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,104 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, culinary arts graduates from Lake Land College take out $11,242 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Culinary Arts at Lake Land College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.

Kennedy-King College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,520 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at Kennedy-King College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $15,559.

Full Culinary Arts at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College Report

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 228
Ohio 133
Indiana 12
Wisconsin 106

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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