[General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts](/majors/personal-and-culinary-services/culinary-arts/cooking-and-related-culinary-arts-general/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find the best return on investment for general cooking & related culinary arts students.
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If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the general cooking & related culinary arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Keiser University Ft Lauderdale tops our 2026 list of the best value general cooking & related culinary arts schools in Florida. Set in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University Ft Lauderdale is a very large private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $25,056 in tuition and fees. General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts graduates carry a median of $20,000 in student loans. General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts graduates of Keiser University Ft Lauderdale earn a median of $28,159 early in their careers. Set against $20,000 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. The acceptance rate is 97%.
Florida Education Institute is a great value for students pursuing a degree in general cooking & related culinary arts, landing the #2 spot this year. Florida Education Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami. General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts graduates carry a median of $9,500 in student loans. Early-career general cooking & related culinary arts graduates make about $20,531. That is a strong return on a $9,500 median debt.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
