Baking and Pastry Arts
$8,976 per semester · Full-time, 12–18 credits
Less than full-time, 0–11.5 credits: $748 per credit.
Overload, 19+ credits: $499 per credit, in addition to full-time tuition.
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ECPI University-Culinary Institute of VirginiaTuition & Cost · 2025–26
In-state tuition & fees
$18,484
Academic year 2025–26
Tuition and fees only; living costs excluded.
About this number
Published in-state tuition and required fees. This does not include living costs. Public colleges may have separate in-district rates that are not in this package.
Source field: TUITIONFEE_IN. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Academic year 2025–26. Official cohort note: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
Out-of-state tuition & fees
$18,484
Academic year 2025–26
Tuition and fees only; living costs excluded.
About this number
Published out-of-state tuition and required fees, excluding living costs.
Source field: TUITIONFEE_OUT. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Academic year 2025–26. Official cohort note: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
Average net price
Not reported
Data unavailable
About this number
Average cost after grants and scholarships for full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving Title IV aid. Public-college figures cover in-state students. Loans are not deducted. Your actual price may differ. This value is unavailable in the current source; an older value is not substituted.
Source field: NPT4_PRIV. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Academic year 2024–25. Official cohort note: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
Average cost before aid
Not reported
Data unavailable
About this number
Average cost of attendance before grants: tuition, fees, books, supplies and living expenses for full-time, first-time students receiving Title IV aid. Living arrangements vary; this is not an individual quote. This value is unavailable in the current source; an older value is not substituted.
Source field: COSTT4_A. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Academic year 2024–25. Official cohort note: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
Official catalog · Effective October 1, 2026
Culinary tuition is priced by semester and program.
ECPI’s College of Culinary Arts catalog lists the following tuition rates. Choose your program and credit load; these are not annual costs, full-program prices or a total attendance budget.
Culinary Arts
$8,976 per semester · Full-time, 12–18 credits
Less than full-time, 0–11.5 credits: $748 per credit.
Overload, 19+ credits: $499 per credit, in addition to full-time tuition.
Culinary Arts and Applied Nutrition
$8,976 per semester · Full-time, 12–18 credits
Less than full-time, 0–11.5 credits: $748 per credit.
Overload, 19+ credits: $499 per credit, in addition to full-time tuition.
Food Service Management
$8,088 per semester · Full-time, 12–18 credits
Less than full-time, 0–11.5 credits: $674 per credit.
Overload, 19+ credits: $449 per credit, in addition to full-time tuition.
What else should you budget for?
These are tuition rates, not an all-inclusive bill. Additional fees and other expenses may apply; check ECPI’s technology fee and other fees. The catalog describes the figures as estimates, subject to change and not an exhaustive list of charges.
ECPI says students attend full-time unless a campus official approves an exception. Its separate Northern Virginia campus surcharge is not added to this Norfolk page.
Do not compare a single semester’s tuition directly with the historical annual tuition or net-price averages elsewhere on this page, or subtract those averages from these rates. Confirm your program, campus, credit load and applicable charges with ECPI.
Source: ECPI catalog — College of Culinary Arts tuition and fees. Effective October 1, 2026; checked October 31, 2026. Historical College Scorecard figures and their reporting years are unchanged.
01 / Beyond the sticker price
Reported costs at ECPI University-Culinary Institute of Virginia.
Attendance cost includes tuition and required fees, books, supplies and living expenses. Net price subtracts grants and scholarships, but not loans. Each average below has its own reporting period.
Before and after grants.
Average cost before grants
Not reported
Academic year 2024–25
Tuition, fees, books, supplies and living expenses.
Average net price after grants
Not reported
Academic year 2024–25
Costs after grants and scholarships; loans are not deducted.
No before- or after-grant averages are reported for the stated periods.
These are reported academic-year costs. Living arrangements and the students covered by each average can differ.
Definitions and source years
Net price includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses, after grants and scholarships. Loans are not subtracted.
First-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal financial aid (Title IV). These averages do not cover every student.
These are reported academic-year costs. Living arrangements and the students covered by each average can differ.
- Before grants: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field COSTT4_A. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
- After grants: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field NPT4_PRIV. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. These are historical group averages, not a current bill, aid offer or personal estimate.
02 / Historical averages by family income
Average cost after grants, by family income.
Average total cost after grants and scholarships for each family-income group. Includes living expenses; loans are not deducted.
Academic year 2024–25
First-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal financial aid (Title IV).
These are reported academic-year costs. Living arrangements and the students covered by each average can differ.
What is included and where these figures come from
Net price includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses, after grants and scholarships. Loans are not subtracted.
First-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal financial aid (Title IV). These averages do not cover every student.
These are reported academic-year costs. Living arrangements and the students covered by each average can differ.
- Family income $0–30,000: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field NPT41_PRIV. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
- Family income $30,001–48,000: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field NPT42_PRIV. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
- Family income $48,001–75,000: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field NPT43_PRIV. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
- Family income $75,001–110,000: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field NPT44_PRIV. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
- Family income $110,001+: Academic year 2024–25. Source-file year 2025–26. Source field NPT45_PRIV. Official cohort: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Source release: 2026-10-15.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. These are historical group averages, not a current bill, aid offer or personal estimate.
03 / Help paying for college
The financial aid picture.
Pell Grant recipients
Not reported
Share of undergraduates · Academic year 2024–25
About this number
Share of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants. This is not the share receiving any financial aid. This value is unavailable in the current source; an older value is not substituted.
Source field: PCTPELL. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Academic year 2024–25. Official cohort note: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
Federal loan recipients
Not reported
Share of undergraduates · Academic year 2024–25
About this number
Share of undergraduates receiving federal student loans. Loans must generally be repaid; they are not grant aid. This value is unavailable in the current source; an older value is not substituted.
Source field: PCTFLOAN. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Academic year 2024–25. Official cohort note: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
Grants lower your cost. Loans help fund it, but usually need to be repaid.
04 / What borrowers leave with
Debt, in perspective.
$22,570
Median federal debt among graduates who borrowed
Pooled FY2024 and FY2025 cohorts. Includes only borrowers who completed.
About this number
Median cumulative federal student-loan debt among borrowers who completed. This is not an average across all students. Federal debt may be reported for a group of campuses sharing a federal aid identifier.
Source field: GRAD_DEBT_MDN. Source-file year: 2024-2025. Coverage: Pooled FY2024 and FY2025 cohorts. Official cohort note: NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
05 / After you enroll
Finishing. Then earning.
Not reported
Completion within 150% of normal time
First-time, full-time students · Fall 2019 / academic year 2019–20 entry cohort
About this number
Share of first-time, full-time students who complete at this institution within 150% of normal program time. Typically six years for a bachelor’s degree, three for an associate’s degree; certificate lengths vary. This value is unavailable in the current source; an older value is not substituted.
Source field: C150_4. Source-file year: 2025-2026. Coverage: Fall 2019 / academic year 2019–20 entry cohort. Official cohort note: Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
$49,806
Median earnings 10 years after entering college
Working and not enrolled · Measured in 2022 and 2023; 2024 dollars
About this number
Median earnings among federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled. Entry-based cohorts include both completers and noncompleters. This is an earnings measure, not a guaranteed salary.
Source field: MD_EARN_WNE_P10. Source-file year: 2022-2023. Coverage: Measured in 2022 and 2023; 2024 dollars. Official cohort note: Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars. Institution source release: October 15, 2026.
06 / The longer view
Older tuition and net-price observations.
These are older reported observations, in U.S. dollars without inflation adjustment. The labels are source-file years; the retained snapshot does not establish a measurement year for every row.
Source-file year
$0$10,000$20,000
Reported costView retained tuition and net-price observations
| Source-file year | In-state tuition & fees | Out-of-state tuition & fees | Average net price after grants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | $14,955 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2016–17 | $14,973 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2017–18 | $15,108 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2018–19 | $16,039 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2019–20 | $16,639 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 2020–21 | $16,639 | $16,639 | Not reported |
| 2021–22 | $17,479 | $17,479 | Not reported |
| 2022–23 | $18,484 | $18,484 | Not reported |
| 2023–24 | $18,484 | $18,484 | Not reported |
| 2024–25 | $18,484 | $18,484 | Not reported |
These rows are not current prices. Missing values are not zero. Net-price student groups and reporting practices can change, so these averages are not a continuous personal-cost trend.
A look at programs.
Program-level earnings are not reported in this package.
Other options to explore.
Colleges in Virginia.