2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges

$2,298 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #13 most popular major in Arizona with 376 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for culinary arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Pima Community College

Tucson, AZ

11 Basic Certificates

#8 in Quality in Arizona

$2,298 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the best value school in Arizona for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pima County Community College District are $2,298 a year.

Arizona Culinary Institute

Scottsdale, AZ

26 Basic Certificates

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona Culinary Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Arizona Culinary Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Texas	1,430
Oklahoma	332
New Mexico	109

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

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

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).
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