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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$15,403 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Culinary Arts

#1

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

Our analysis found Pikes Peak Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . PPCC is a large public school located in the suburb of Colorado Springs.

PPCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,403 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Davis Technical College

Kaysville, UT

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Davis Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Davis Tech is a small public school located in the large suburb of Kaysville.

Full Culinary Arts at Davis Technical College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ogden-Weber Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Ogden-Weber Tech College is a small public school located in the small city of Ogden.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Ogden-Weber Technical College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder is a great value for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, Escoffier - Boulder is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Escoffier - Boulder accumulate an average of around $15,431 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $146.

Full Culinary Arts at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 477
Utah 36
Idaho 19
Montana 17
Wyoming 7

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 4 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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