2026 Best Value Institutional Food Workers Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
[Institutional Food Workers](/majors/personal-and-culinary-services/culinary-arts/institutional-food-workers/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The schools below stand out for delivering a strong institutional food workers education at a price that pays off.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 11 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for institutional food workers students.
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2026 Best Value Institutional Food Workers Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the institutional food workers degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Institutional Food Workers Schools
Atlantic Cape Community College tops our 2026 list of the best value institutional food workers schools in the Middle Atlantic Region. Atlantic Cape Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Mays Landing. In-state tuition and fees average $5,594, compared with $8,350 for out-of-state students. Students borrow a median of $11,000 to complete the institutional food workers program here. Soon after graduation, institutional food workers degree recipients from Atlantic Cape Community College generally make around $37,141. That is a strong return on a $11,000 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 · 11 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).
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