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Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$1,858 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,389 Avg Salary

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.


 

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $1,858 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, culinary arts majors at CNM accumulate an average of around $8,923 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #3 for overall quality for culinary arts in New Mexico.

Full Culinary Arts at Central New Mexico Community College Report

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 376
Texas 1,430
Oklahoma 332

One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Culinary Arts Focus Areas

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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