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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$2,298 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,089 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #13 most popular major in Arizona with 376 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for culinary arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the best value school in Arizona for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a large student population.

Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $2,298 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Arizona Culinary Institute

Scottsdale, AZ

Out of the 2 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona Culinary Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Arizona Culinary Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Scottsdale.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Arizona Culinary Institute accumulate an average of around $7,868 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $213, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,430
Oklahoma 332
New Mexico 109

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

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

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 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.

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