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Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$38,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,389 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the most popular major in Rhode Island with 403 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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 Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.


 

Check out the culinary arts associate degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School

Our analysis found Johnson & Wales University - Providence to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Rhode Island. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at JWU Providence are $38,096 a year. The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at JWU Providence take out while working on their Associate Degree is $16,236. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $348.

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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
Maine 29
Connecticut 151
New Hampshire 17

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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