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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,011 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 110 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #110 most popular major in the state.

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.

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 New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for culinary arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 New Jersey

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Brookdale Community College the best value school in New Jersey for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Brookdale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lincroft.

Brookdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Brookdale Community College accumulate an average of around $13,031 in student debt.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Atlantic Cape Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in New Jersey. Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Atlantic Cape Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Hudson County Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in New Jersey. Located in the large city of Jersey City, HCCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

HCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 234
New York 1,073
Maryland 73
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 3 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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