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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You
Culinary Arts is the #14 most popular major in New Mexico with 109 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School
Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Mexico. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, culinary arts majors at CNM accumulate an average of around $8,923 in student debt.
CNM also took the #3 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in New Mexico rankings.
Read full report on Culinary Arts at Central New Mexico Community College
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 376 |
Texas | 1,430 |
Oklahoma | 332 |
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
Most Popular Majors Related 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.