Nebraska contains three schools that offer cooking programs. Southeast Community College Area, the highest-ranking cooking school in NE, has a total student population of 11,556 and is the 4063rd highest ranked school in America.
Of the 3 cooking schools in Nebraska, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Metropolitan Community College Area comes out as the most expensive ($6,723/yr), with Southeast Community College Area as the lowest recorded at only $5,555/yr.
Cooking students from Nebraska schools who go on to become chefs, cooks, sous chefs, line cooks, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 94,300 people working as chefs and head cooks alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $44,240. Also, Cooks, private household make on average $27,720 per year and there are about 770 of them employed in the US today.
Also, within the cooking schools in Nebraska, the average student population is 2,686 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from cooking, there are 1891 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,500 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,844, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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