2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 181 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Indiana college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Check out the culinary arts basic certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School

#1

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

162 Basic Certificates

#3 in Quality in Indiana

$4,637 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Ivy Tech Community College the best value school in Indiana for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ivy Tech Community College are $4,637 a year.

Ivy Tech Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Indiana list.

Full Culinary Arts at Ivy Tech Community College Report

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Majors Related to Culinary Arts

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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).
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