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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$3,981 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 477 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, culinary arts is the #35 most popular major in Colorado.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Colorado 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

Our 2023 rankings named Pikes Peak Community College the best value school in Colorado for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

PPCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,981 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Colorado. Escoffier - Boulder is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Boulder.

Culinary Arts majors at Escoffier - Boulder take out an average of $15,431 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $146, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 36
Idaho 19
Montana 17
Wyoming 7

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

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