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Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,386 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arkansas. With 283 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

The Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas 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 Arkansas 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.


 

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for culinary arts majors pursuing a basic certificate.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Arkansas State University - Newport the best value school in Arkansas for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. ASUN is a small public school located in the rural area of Newport.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASUN are $2,952 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASUN is ranked #1 for overall quality for culinary arts in Arkansas.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Arkansas. UA Pulaski Tech is a small public school located in the small city of North Little Rock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA Pulaski Tech are $5,820 a year.

UA Pulaski Tech also took the #5 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Arkansas rankings.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 215
Georgia 864
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
Louisiana 367
Virginia 357
Tennessee 104
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Mississippi 320

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 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.

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