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2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 22,075 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.
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.
The Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
Top 10 Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best value school in the Southwest Region for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Centro College are $6,000 per year. Culinary Arts majors at El Centro College take out an average of $9,389 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
El Centro College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at San Jacinto Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grayson College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Grayson College are $5,692 a year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Houston Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value culinary arts schools in the Southwest Region . Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Houston Community College accumulate an average of around $22,358 in student debt.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Paso Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
El Paso Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,314 in tuition and fees each year.
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Culinary Institute Inc came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Culinary Institute LeNotre are $17,279 a year. Culinary Arts majors at Culinary Institute LeNotre take out an average of $11,463 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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Austin Community College District landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate culinary arts programs. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.
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Tarrant County College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tarrant County College are $8,235 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Tarrant County College accumulate an average of around $15,691 in student debt.
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Pima Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Tucson.
Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,614 in tuition and fees each year.
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Texas State Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSTC are $11,094 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts graduates from TSTC carry an average student debtload of $10,733.
TSTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Request InformationBest Culinary Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 376 |
| Texas | 1,430 |
| Oklahoma | 332 |
| New Mexico | 109 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 18 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).
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