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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You
Culinary Arts is the #15 most popular major in Massachusetts with 97 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.
The Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts 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.
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.
Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Culinary Arts
Our 2023 rankings named North Shore Community College the best value school in Massachusetts for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at North Shore Community College are $5,352 a year.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at Bristol Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Massachusetts. Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fall River.
Bristol undergraduate students pay an average of $5,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Maine | 29 |
Connecticut | 151 |
Rhode Island | 403 |
New Hampshire | 17 |
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 Majors Related to Culinary Arts
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 2 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.