Private for-profit · Community college

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Large city

0%
Transfer rate: $19,404
Avg net price: 60%
Grad / completion: $32,286
Median earnings

Jna Institute of Culinary Arts is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (large city setting), enrolling 15 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 15 undergradsLarge cityCold wintersNear the coast

About Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. Before the arrival of Europeans in the early 17th century, the Lenape, an Indian tribe also known as the Delaware Indians, lived in the village of Shackamaxon in present-day Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Philadelphia is home to many national historical sites that relate to the founding of the United States. Independence National Historical Park is the center of these historical landmarks and one of the country's 22 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Large city
Highest degree offered: Associate
Nearest big city: 1 mile to Philadelphia, PA
To the ocean: 2 miles
Nearest airport: 6 miles to Philadelphia (PHL) · major hub

How Jna Institute of Culinary Arts compares

Graduation rate60%

Higher than 49% · #98 of 151 in Pennsylvania

First-year retention60%

Higher than 23%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$32,286

Higher than 40% · #90 of 137 in Pennsylvania

Average net price$19,404

Cheaper than 35% · #87 cheapest of 152 in Pennsylvania

Median debt at graduation$8,209

Lower than 72%

Student–faculty ratio4 : 1

Lower than 98%

Undergraduate enrollment15

Larger than 2%

Percentiles compare Jna Institute of Culinary Arts with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Pennsylvania.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women853%
Men747%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White13%
Black73%
Other or multiracial13%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 15
Student–faculty ratio: 4 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 94%
First-generation students: 49%
Students over 25: 32%
Median family income: $15,156
Avg faculty salary (academic year): $25,290

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: $14,575
Room & board: —
Books & supplies: $1,705
Total cost of attendance: $28,228
Average net price: $19,404

Outcomes

Graduated: 60%
First-year retention: 60%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $21,188
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $32,286
Median debt at graduation: $8,209
Students with federal loans: 100%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 32%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$17,875

$30–48k

—

$48–75k

$25,522

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $32,286
Typical debt at graduation: $8,209
Debt vs. one year's pay: 25%
Out-earn a HS grad: 33%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.5 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$26,654

Men

$34,532

Men out-earn women by $7,878 (30%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 89°F
Winter low: 28°F
Annual rain: 50.7″
Annual snow: 16.1″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Phila Franklin Inst, PA US station (1.6 mi from campus).

What Jna Institute of Culinary Arts graduates study — and earn

Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCert.

7 grads— 1 yr— 5 yr— debt

7———Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssoc.

2 grads$19k 1 yr— 5 yr$13k debt

2$18,774—$13,250

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.