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Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$7,131 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #13 most popular major in Michigan with 413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Michigan ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Michigan to see which basic certificate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Culinary Arts

#1

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

Our analysis found Schoolcraft College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Michigan. Schoolcraft College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Livonia.

Schoolcraft College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Northwestern Michigan College

Traverse City, MI

The excellent basic certificate programs at Northwestern Michigan College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Michigan. NMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Traverse City.

NMC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,532 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Macomb Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Michigan. Macomb Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Warren.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Macomb Community College are $6,210 a year.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 181
Wisconsin 333
Ohio 305
Illinois 668

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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