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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$4,605 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 1,430 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #12 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. 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.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Texas 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 Texas

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

Top 10 Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools

#1

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best value school in Texas for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

El Centro College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

El Centro College also took the #2 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas rankings.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at El Centro College

#2

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Out of the 11 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lee College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Lee College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,882 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lee College also is in the top 15% of our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas ranking.

Full Culinary Arts at Lee College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarrant County College District. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Tarrant County College are $3,402 a year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Tarrant County College District

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Jacinto Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $3,240 per year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at San Jacinto Community College

#5

South Plains College

Levelland, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at South Plains College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Texas. Located in the distant town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Plains College are $4,473 per year.

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#6

Grayson College

Denison, TX

With a ranking of #6, Grayson College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public college with a small student population.

Grayson College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,132 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX

Kilgore College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate culinary arts programs. Kilgore College is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Kilgore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kilgore College are $4,056 a year.

Full Culinary Arts at Kilgore College Report

#8

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

St Philip’s College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college with a large student population.

St Philip’s College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,742 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Houston Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,344 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Texas State Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the midsize city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TSTC are $6,969 per year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Texas State Technical College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 376
Oklahoma 332
New Mexico 109

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 11 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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