Associate Culinary Arts and Related Services Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Associate Culinary Arts and Related Services Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual five-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Culinary Arts and Related Services programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 40 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa0.27×——$11k$41k39%10,446300 mi2Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii0.28×——$5k$45k22%3,9101 mi3Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, New York0.29×91%1060$36k$47k63%3,01130 mi4Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania0.31×43%—$32k$37k58%1754 mi5Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio0.32×——$5k$40k16%5,667178 mi6Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan0.32×82%1080$13k$36k36%3,02649 mi7Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas0.33×——$14k$39k46%9,437178 mi8Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri0.34×——$7k$36k33%8,165437 mi9Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma0.35×——$11k$46k42%2,028408 mi10Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin0.35×——$11k$46k65%5,82529 mi11Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan0.36×——$9k$38k21%10,69828 mi12Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey0.36×——$7k$34k26%6,6262 mi13Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico0.37×——$8k$24k34%4,4683 mi14Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan0.37×——$6k$38k25%2,8131 mi15Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa0.38×——$10k$41k43%7,591198 mi16Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York0.38×——$7k$42k32%3,0845 mi17Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island0.40×88%1050$31k$43k55%3,8681 mi18Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, Rhode Island0.40×91%—$20k$43k0%2,2021 mi19Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina0.40×80%1007$27k$43k49%1,184155 mi20Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon0.40×——$9k$38k40%1,2701 mi21National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois0.41×95%—$13k$46k30%4,4061 mi22Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan0.44×——$2k$43k18%7,51119 mi23Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina0.46×——$4k$36k38%6,27410 mi24Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky0.46×——$26k$38k71%2,026250 mi25Monroe UniversityBronx, New York0.46×68%—$15k$41k57%5,7011 mi26Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania0.50×——$25k$53k53%4,464126 mi27Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida0.50×——$7k$37k43%10,1763 mi28ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia0.53×75%—$23k$43k42%12,0906 mi29YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania0.58×——$15k$41k45%64242 mi30Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida0.59×——$12k$41k48%39,48640 mi31Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin0.60×——$9k$41k25%12,0241 mi32Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee0.61×——$24k$31k60%4,462302 mi33Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida0.61×97%—$30k$40k61%17,6784 mi34Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina0.62×——$12k$39k21%8,916180 mi35University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas0.62×——$14k$35k36%4,118327 mi36Institute of TechnologyClovis, California0.69×——$23k$35k73%1,377113 mi37Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia0.84×——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi38Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas1.06×——$30k$32k100%31320 mi39Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina1.08×——$15k$34k31%9,260164 mi40Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas1.16×——$6k$39k17%40,50319 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.