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Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$26,078 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,980 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 22,075 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for culinary arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.


 

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for culinary arts majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Culinary Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Culinary Institute of America the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hyde Park.

The Culinary Institute of America undergraduate students pay an average of $36,620 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, culinary arts majors at The Culinary Institute of America accumulate an average of around $25,016 in student debt.

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#2

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at SUNY Delhi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the remote town of Delhi.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SUNY Delhi are $12,490 a year.

Full Culinary Arts at SUNY Delhi Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College are $23,550 per year. Culinary Arts majors at The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College take out an average of $27,701 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $792, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Penn College is a small public school located in the small city of Williamsport.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Penn College are $25,680 a year.

Full Culinary Arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Paul Smith’s College are $32,048 per year.

Full Culinary Arts at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,514
Pennsylvania 327
New Jersey 167
Maryland 153
Delaware 30

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 averages are for the top 5 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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