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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.

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

Check out the culinary arts undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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 distant town of Indiana.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at IUP are $18,897 a year.

IUP also made our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Atlantic Cape Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Atlantic Cape Community College are $8,340 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Suffolk County Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Suffolk County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,740 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Culinary Arts at Suffolk County Community College Report

#5

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Jna Institute of Culinary Arts helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of Philadelphia, Jna Institute of Culinary Arts is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts undergraduate students pay an average of $14,575 in tuition and fees each year.

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Delaware Technical Community College - Terry landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate culinary arts programs. Delaware Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Dover.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delaware Tech are $11,808 a year.

Delaware Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Schenectady are $10,432 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Culinary Institute of America did quite well on this year’s best value schools for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the 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 landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate culinary arts programs. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

Pittsburgh Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,699 in tuition and fees each 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 college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

Full Culinary Arts at Montgomery County Community College Report

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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