2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You
Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in Illinois with 668 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
The Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for culinary arts majors pursuing a basic certificate.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Culinary Arts
Our analysis found Lake Land College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the town of Mattoon.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lake Land College are $8,104 a year.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Joliet Junior College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Illinois. Joliet Junior College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Joliet.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Joliet Junior College are $12,750 a year.
The excellent basic certificate programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Illinois. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.
Kennedy-King College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,520 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Full Culinary Arts at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College Report
Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 413 |
Indiana | 181 |
Wisconsin | 333 |
Ohio | 305 |
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 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 3 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).
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