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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You
With 215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #13 most popular major in South Carolina.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
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 South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in South Carolina 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.
Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Culinary Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Horry-Georgetown Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Conway.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, culinary arts graduates from Horry-Georgetown Technical College take out $17,282 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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Out of the 2 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Greenville Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GTC are $5,882 a year. Culinary Arts majors at GTC take out an average of $17,498 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GTC is ranked #3 for overall quality for culinary arts in South Carolina.
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Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 864 |
Arkansas | 283 |
North Carolina | 811 |
Florida | 1,298 |
West Virginia | 59 |
Virginia | 357 |
Louisiana | 367 |
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.