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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,055 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 85 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, culinary arts is the #101 most popular major in Iowa.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Our analysis found Des Moines Area Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the large suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a very large student population.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DMACC also made our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, IA

Out of the 3 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Kirkwood Community College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kirkwood Community College are $5,308 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Iowa Tech Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Western Iowa Tech Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Sioux City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western Iowa Tech Community College are $4,802 a year.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 67
Minnesota 40
Kansas 39
Nebraska 66
North Dakota 4
South Dakota 2

One of 4 majors within the area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

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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