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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,488 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #76 most popular major in Kentucky with 109 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kentucky 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.

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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Somerset Community College the best value school in Kentucky for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SCC are $4,488 a year.

SCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list.

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#2

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sullivan University is a great value for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sullivan University are $13,500 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Sullivan University accumulate an average of around $22,590 in student debt.

Sullivan University also took the #3 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 192
Virginia 261
North Carolina 401
Florida 298
Tennessee 36
South Carolina 85
Louisiana 132
Arkansas 53
Alabama 64
Mississippi 105
West Virginia 33

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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