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Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$4,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 200 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. 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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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. 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.

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


 

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

Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Iowa. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Western Iowa Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,922 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Western Iowa Tech Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Iowa rankings.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Western Iowa Tech Community College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 96
Missouri 87
Minnesota 125
South Dakota 3
North Dakota 4
Nebraska 130

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 values are for the top school 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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