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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Maine
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
The following school tops our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges.
Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School
Our analysis found Southern Maine Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Maine. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $3,797 per year.
SMCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Maine list.
Full Culinary Arts at Southern Maine Community College Report
Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the New England Region
Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 97 |
Connecticut | 151 |
Rhode Island | 403 |
New Hampshire | 17 |
Culinary Arts Related Majors for Culinary Arts
One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Culinary Arts Focus Areas
Majors Similar to Culinary Arts
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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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