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Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$2,610 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 1,298 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Florida 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Florida

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

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

#1

Valencia College

Orlando, FL

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Valencia College are $2,474 per year.

Valencia College also made our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.

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#2

Miami Dade College

Miami, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Miami Dade College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Miami, MDC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

MDC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,838 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MDC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Florida list.

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#3

Pensacola State College

Pensacola, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pensacola State College is a great value for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pensacola State are $2,365 a year.

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#4

Indian River State College

Fort Pierce, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indian River State College is a great value for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indian River State College are $2,764 a year.

Full Culinary Arts at Indian River State College Report

The excellent basic certificate programs at Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Florida. Located in the large suburb of Clearwater, Pinellas Technical Education Center-Clearwater is a public school with a small student population.

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#5

Lively Technical College

Tallahassee, FL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Lively Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Florida. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Lively is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Orange Technical College - Westside Campus is a great value for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. OTC Westside is a small public school located in the suburb of Winter Garden.

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Out of the 8 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Eustis, Lake Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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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
Georgia 864
South Carolina 215
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
West Virginia 59
Louisiana 367
Virginia 357
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Tennessee 104
Mississippi 320

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 8 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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