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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, 359 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Kentucky college or university. This makes it the #16 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. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kentucky 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.
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.
Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Culinary Arts
Our analysis found Somerset Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Kentucky. Located in the town of Somerset, SCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SCC are $4,560 per year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Sullivan University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in Kentucky. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Sullivan University are $14,220 per year. On average, culinary arts graduates from Sullivan University take out $15,803 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Sullivan University is ranked #3 for overall quality for culinary arts in Kentucky.
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Request InformationBest Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 215 |
Georgia | 864 |
Arkansas | 283 |
North Carolina | 811 |
Florida | 1,298 |
Louisiana | 367 |
West Virginia | 59 |
Virginia | 357 |
Alabama | 94 |
Tennessee | 104 |
Mississippi | 320 |
Culinary Arts Related Majors for Culinary Arts
One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Culinary Arts Focus Areas
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.
More about our data sources and methodologies.