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Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kansas

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$3,386 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,089 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 96 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #21 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Kansas ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kansas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.


 

2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kansas

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

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

#1

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS

Our analysis found Johnson County Community College to be the best value school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Kansas. JCCC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JCCC are $2,784 per year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Johnson County Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas City Kansas Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kansas list. Kansas City Kansas Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Kansas City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kansas City Kansas Community College are $3,164 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Kansas City Kansas Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for culinary arts in Kansas.

Full Culinary Arts at Kansas City Kansas Community College Report

#3

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Butler Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kansas list. Located in the town of El Dorado, Butler CC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Butler CC are $4,210 per year.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Butler Community College

Best Value Culinary Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Culinary Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 87
Minnesota 125
South Dakota 3
Iowa 200
North Dakota 4
Nebraska 130

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

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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