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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You
Culinary Arts is the #13 most popular major in Michigan with 413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
With all the trade school 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for culinary arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for culinary arts majors pursuing a associate degree.
Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Culinary Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Schoolcraft College the best value school in Michigan for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Schoolcraft College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Livonia.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Schoolcraft College are $5,650 per year. The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at Schoolcraft College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $14,643.
Schoolcraft College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Michigan list.
The excellent associate degree programs at Oakland Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Michigan. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills.
Oakland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,400 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Oakland Community College also made our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Michigan list, coming in at #3.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Rapids Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. Grand Rapids Community College is a large public school located in the city of Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,929 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at Grand Rapids Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $14,085.
The excellent associate degree programs at Kalamazoo Valley Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Michigan. Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Kalamazoo.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,526 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Culinary Arts majors at Kalamazoo Valley Community College take out an average of $13,005 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern Michigan College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan list. NMC is a small public school located in the town of Traverse City.
NMC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,532 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Macomb Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Michigan ranking. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Warren.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Macomb Community College are $6,210 a year.
Baker College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Owosso.
Baker College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, culinary arts graduates from Baker College carry an average student debtload of $13,531. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $205.
Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Indiana | 181 |
Wisconsin | 333 |
Ohio | 305 |
Illinois | 668 |
Majors Related to Culinary Arts
Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Culinary Arts Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Cosmetology | 124,611 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,186 |
Casino Operations and Services | 385 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 95 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 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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