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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$14,273 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #100 most popular major in the country with 19,806 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.

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.

Top 10 Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Brookdale Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Brookdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

Brookdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,554 in tuition and fees each year. On average, culinary arts graduates from Brookdale Community College take out $13,031 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Indiana.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUP are $18,897 per year.

IUP also took the #1 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Atlantic Cape Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Atlantic Cape Community College are $8,340 per year.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk County Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Suffolk County Community College are $11,740 per year.

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Jna Institute of Culinary Arts

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 14 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jna Institute of Culinary Arts landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Jna Institute of Culinary Arts is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Jna Institute of Culinary Arts are $14,575 a year.

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Delaware Technical Community College - Terry ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Delaware Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Dover.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $11,808 per year.

Delaware Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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SUNY Schenectady County Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate culinary arts programs. SUNY Schenectady is a small public school located in the small city of Schenectady.

SUNY Schenectady undergraduate students pay an average of $10,432 in tuition and fees each year.

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Culinary Institute of America did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hyde Park.

The Culinary Institute of America undergraduate students pay an average of $35,550 in tuition and fees each year.

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Pittsburgh Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pittsburgh Technical College are $16,699 per year. Culinary Arts majors at Pittsburgh Technical College take out an average of $16,532 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Montgomery County Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Montco undergraduate students pay an average of $14,970 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 234
New York 1,073
Maryland 73
New Jersey 110
Delaware 21

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 14 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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