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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$15,831 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,582 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 19,784 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the New England Region to see which 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the New England Region

Check out the culinary arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Culinary Arts

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME
$6,754 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern Maine Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

SMCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,754 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Culinary Arts at Southern Maine Community College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Shore Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Shore Community College are $10,920 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Shore Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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#3

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA
$10,152 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bristol Community College is a great value for culinary arts students. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bristol are $10,152 a year.

Full Culinary Arts at Bristol Community College Report

Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SNHU are $15,380 per year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Southern New Hampshire University

$35,950 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Johnson & Wales University - Providence helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in the New England Region . JWU Providence is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Providence are $35,950 per year.

Full Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University - Providence Report

Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Culinary Arts at Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 97
Maine 29
Connecticut 151
Rhode Island 403
New Hampshire 17

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 9,052
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef 4,322
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts 3,156
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager 1,380
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant 801
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services 411
Culinary Science/Culinology 196
Bartending/Bartender 183
Institutional Food Workers 157
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, & Dining Room Management/Manager 84
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter 35
Wine Steward/Sommelier 7

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 107,895
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,354
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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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