2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College

$3,797 Avg Tuition & Fees*

$25,389 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 29 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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 Culinary Arts Associate Degree School

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

18 Associate Degrees

#5 in Quality in Maine

$3,797 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $3,797 per year.

SMCC also made our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	97
Connecticut	151
Rhode Island	403
New Hampshire	17

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

Culinary Arts Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts/Chef Training	10,546
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef	5,029
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts	3,303
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager	1,394
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant	786
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services	335
Institutional Food Workers	204
Culinary Science/Culinology	203
Bartending/Bartender	157
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, & Dining Room Management/Manager	82
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter	28
Wine Steward/Sommelier	8

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Cosmetology	124,611
Funeral & Mortuary Science	2,186
Casino Operations and Services	385
Other Personal & Culinary Services	95

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).
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