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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$4,498 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the most popular major in Colorado with 2,756 degrees and certificates handed out 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. 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 Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado 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.

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Pickens Technical College the best value school in Colorado for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Aurora, Pickens Technical College is a public college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pickens Technical College are $4,930 per year.

Full Culinary Arts at Pickens Technical College Report

#2

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pikes Peak Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado list. PPCC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at PPCC are $4,065 a year.

PPCC also took the #3 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Colorado rankings.

Full Culinary Arts at Pikes Peak Community College Report

Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Emily Griffith Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, Emily Griffith is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Emily Griffith Technical College

Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, Escoffier - Boulder is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Full Culinary Arts at Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder Report

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 157
Idaho 26
Montana 21
Wyoming 17

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 4 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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