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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Hawaii

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Hawaii

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$3,257 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,089 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, culinary arts students earned 212 degrees and certificates from a Hawaii school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Hawaii to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Hawaii to see which undergraduate 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.

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. 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.

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


 

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Hawaii

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Hawaii Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Culinary Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of Hawaii Maui College the best value school in Hawaii for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Kahului, UH Maui College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH Maui College are $3,284 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UH Maui College is ranked #1 for overall quality for culinary arts in Hawaii.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Kapiolani Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Hawaii. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Kapiolani CC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kapiolani CC are $3,284 a year.

Kapiolani CC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Hawaii list.

Full Culinary Arts at Kapiolani Community College Report

Out of the 3 schools in Hawaii that were part of this year’s ranking, Hawaii Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Hawaii CC is a small public school located in the town of Hilo.

Hawaii CC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,204 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Hawaii CC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Hawaii list.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Hawaii Community College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 342
California 1,378
Oregon 123
Nevada 74
Alaska 33

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 3 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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