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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You
With 367 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Louisiana 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 Louisiana
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for culinary arts majors pursuing a associate degree.
Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Culinary Arts
Our analysis found Delgado Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Louisiana. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New Orleans.
Delgado Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,679 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, culinary arts graduates from Delgado Community College take out $24,673 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Out of the 2 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Thibodaux.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nicholls State University are $8,156 per year.
Nicholls State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Louisiana list.
Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 215 |
Georgia | 864 |
Arkansas | 283 |
North Carolina | 811 |
Florida | 1,298 |
Virginia | 357 |
West Virginia | 59 |
Tennessee | 104 |
Alabama | 94 |
Kentucky | 359 |
Mississippi | 320 |
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 2 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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