Culinary Arts and Related Services

22,430 students earn a culinary arts and related services credential each year across 562 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $31,506
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $38,417

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Bachelor's programs — 27 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, New York108$43,8081 year out—$27,000 2Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire1$35,9591 year out$44,782$26,000 3University of North AlabamaFlorence, Alabama0$33,8841 year out——4Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island168$32,7751 year out$39,083$27,000 5Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina1$32,7751 year out$39,083$27,000 6Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York12$31,5061 year out$42,296$27,000 7SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York14$27,7381 year out$35,701—8Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania28$27,5931 year out$35,928$27,000 9Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux, Louisiana32$23,0381 year out$38,417$26,063 10SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, New York22$20,2131 year out——11Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, Mississippi9$20,0261 year out$36,618$25,750 12Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico66$14,0171 year out$31,032$13,000 13National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois14—1 year out——14Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——15Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan5—1 year out——16Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota4—1 year out——17College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri4—1 year out——18Lackawanna CollegeScranton, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——19Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas3—1 year out——20Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington3—1 year out——21Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois1—1 year out——22University of Holy CrossNew Orleans, Louisiana1—1 year out——23Eastern New Mexico University-Main CampusPortales, New Mexico1—1 year out——24Bastyr UniversityKenmore, Washington1—1 year out——25Inter American University of Puerto Rico-BarranquitasBarranquitas, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——26Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico1—1 year out——27Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee——1 year out$25,879—

Associate programs — top 100 of 400 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas22$38,9771 year out$40,068—2Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio29$36,3301 year out$38,302$12,145 3Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin14$34,7361 year out$40,883$14,234 4Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan0$33,3821 year out$31,812—5Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina31$32,6021 year out$33,786—6Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York6$32,0231 year out——7Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah18$31,7881 year out——8Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas33$31,7701 year out——9Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania11$31,7631 year out—$15,417 10Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey27$31,6391 year out—$11,000 11Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida28$31,1011 year out——12Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder, Colorado1,117$30,2241 year out—$17,303 13Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming1$29,5441 year out——14YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania17$29,4941 year out$33,391$19,222 15Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida9$29,4511 year out——16Eastwick College-HackensackHackensack, New Jersey0$29,1231 year out—$22,522 17Kennebec Valley Community CollegeFairfield, Maine5$28,8931 year out——18Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois35$28,2521 year out—$16,375 19Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida49$28,1591 year out$32,736$20,000 20Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas93$28,0891 year out$26,286$27,829 21Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, New York604$28,0491 year out$41,224$12,000 22Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio27$28,0371 year out$34,535—23Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon20$27,8551 year out$29,777$12,000 24Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island242$27,5141 year out$36,778$14,745 25Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina161$27,5141 year out$36,778$14,745 26Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, Rhode Island0$27,5141 year out$36,778$14,745 27Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan36$27,2481 year out$35,743$15,750 28Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina25$27,1271 year out$30,521—29Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah29$27,0561 year out$29,313—30College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois11$26,9521 year out——31Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas27$26,9271 year out$33,217$11,000 32Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa32$26,9131 year out$41,811$11,167 33Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii50$26,8821 year out$36,477$10,087 34Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan14$26,8431 year out—$14,382 35Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan7$26,6921 year out—$23,251 36Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, Texas197$26,6131 year out—$19,682 37SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York20$26,5981 year out—$12,000 38Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan14$26,5861 year out$38,650$14,199 39Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York37$26,5141 year out$31,183$12,000 40Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska11$26,4461 year out$34,047—41Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas52$26,4191 year out$22,509$26,217 42Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont, West Virginia12$26,3991 year out$37,821—43Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri51$26,3181 year out$35,232—44Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina17$26,2681 year out$31,587$19,434 45Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey33$26,1701 year out$35,726$12,900 46Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware13$26,0311 year out$37,199—47NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas21$26,0251 year out—$12,500 48Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia10$25,9381 year out$24,232$20,275 49Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania76$25,8931 year out$38,256$12,000 50Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri27$25,8791 year out$30,961$10,501 51University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas29$25,5971 year out$31,202$19,250 52Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin21$25,3041 year out$32,428$19,386 53Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma37$25,2721 year out$35,970$12,500 54Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania12$25,2691 year out$32,090$16,000 55Helms CollegeAugusta, Georgia29$25,2611 year out—$20,000 56Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida72$25,2271 year out$29,578$17,468 57Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan37$25,2041 year out$37,278$12,000 58Hawaii Community CollegeHilo, Hawaii7$25,0271 year out$34,234—59National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois83$24,7861 year out$42,444$17,500 60University of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahului, Hawaii16$24,6691 year out$38,985—61Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan28$24,4731 year out$42,557$15,125 62Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina36$24,4661 year out$42,743$19,500 63Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky67$24,2921 year out$33,261$15,265 64South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas29$24,0841 year out$29,888—65Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa14$24,0611 year out—$12,530 66ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia77$23,3201 year out$33,929$18,043 67Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico14$23,1391 year out$27,803—68College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada49$22,4281 year out$36,814—69Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa17$21,3911 year out$40,714$15,375 70Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee—$21,0141 year out$31,773$19,337 71Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan33$20,7011 year out$26,273—72City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois31$19,4471 year out—$6,285 73Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania2$18,7741 year out—$13,250 74Monroe UniversityBronx, New York55$18,2561 year out$28,947$13,364 75North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia4$17,3831 year out——76Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York11$15,7931 year out—$6,439 77NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico18$14,9501 year out——78Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina13$14,8131 year out$30,242$32,614 79Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico28$13,2071 year out$24,537$8,975 80Guam Community CollegeMangilao, Guam12$12,5001 year out$24,469—81Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California61—1 year out——82Louisiana Culinary InstituteBaton Rouge, Louisiana49—1 year out$32,944—83Seattle Central CollegeSeattle, Washington45—1 year out——84Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi42—1 year out$30,271—85Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina39—1 year out——86CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York34—1 year out$34,465—87Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, New York29—1 year out$36,504—88Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska28—1 year out$38,492—89Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania26—1 year out——90City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California25—1 year out——91Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado25—1 year out$27,043—92Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi25—1 year out$27,464—93St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas25—1 year out$30,913—94Cypress CollegeCypress, California24—1 year out——95Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California24—1 year out——96Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland24—1 year out——97Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas24—1 year out——98Mariano Moreno Culinary InstituteMiami, Florida24—1 year out——99Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California23—1 year out——100Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York23—1 year out$42,704—

Certificate programs — top 100 of 485 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska16$36,7341 year out—$19,146 2Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota19$32,4781 year out$33,963$17,500 3Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas98$30,4841 year out—$9,218 4Arizona Culinary InstituteScottsdale, Arizona121$29,2231 year out$34,396$9,500 5Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania58$29,1551 year out—$12,000 6Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania21$28,8851 year out——7YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania4$28,3511 year out$30,478$11,667 8Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon24$27,7271 year out$34,658$12,000 9Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan33$27,6301 year out—$12,125 10Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida20$27,2101 year out——11NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas71$25,9961 year out—$12,500 12Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder, Colorado2,545$25,6821 year out$33,080$11,093 13Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida49$25,5861 year out$33,286—14Remington College-Memphis CampusMemphis, Tennessee23$25,3891 year out—$9,500 15Remington College-Houston Southeast CampusLeague City, Texas0$25,3891 year out—$9,500 16Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, Texas—$25,3891 year out—$9,500 17Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, Texas46$24,8731 year out$28,704$13,300 18Lincoln Technical Institute-SheltonShelton, Connecticut75$24,1281 year out$33,904$12,934 19Lincoln College of Technology-ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland68$24,1281 year out$33,904$12,934 20Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, Connecticut—$24,1281 year out$33,904$12,934 21Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington13$23,5291 year out——22Institute of Culinary EducationNew York, New York655$22,7591 year out—$6,777 23Institute of Culinary EducationPasadena, California265$22,7591 year out—$6,777 24Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado21$22,5991 year out—$9,960 25Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida32$21,9651 year out——26Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee—$21,8271 year out$30,273$11,600 27The Culinary School of Fort WorthFort Worth, Texas84$21,6081 year out—$9,500 28Institute of TechnologyClovis, California39$21,5091 year out$30,052$9,500 29Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia14$21,3681 year out—$19,066 30Dorsey College-RosevilleRoseville, Michigan44$21,3671 year out$17,060$13,000 31Dorsey CollegeMadison Heights, Michigan—$21,3671 year out$17,060$13,000 32Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas46$21,2391 year out$30,990$12,458 33Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas10$21,1441 year out$29,932$10,721 34Florida Education InstituteMiami, Florida102$20,5311 year out—$9,500 35Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma141$20,2841 year out$26,421—36ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia19$19,6391 year out—$9,445 37Helms CollegeAugusta, Georgia95$19,4031 year out$24,839$13,875 38Texarkana CollegeTexarkana, Texas25$19,2841 year out——39Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolToms River, New Jersey15$16,5661 year out——40Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York6$15,3371 year out——41Michigan Career and Technical InstitutePlainwell, Michigan29$15,1951 year out$25,371—42William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida66$15,0211 year out$20,738—43Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois196$14,3661 year out—$5,163 44Crescent City Bartending SchoolNew Orleans, Louisiana14$13,7631 year out$18,552$3,167 45Academia Serrant IncPonce, Puerto Rico35$13,5631 year out$18,152—46ICPR Junior CollegeManati, Puerto Rico51$12,7301 year out$10,132—47ICPR Junior College-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico39$12,7301 year out$10,132—48ICPR Junior CollegeHato Rey, Puerto Rico29$12,7301 year out$10,132—49ICPR Junior College-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico28$12,7301 year out$10,132—50NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico851$12,4031 year out$19,057$9,500 51Escuela Hotelera de San JuanHato Rey, Puerto Rico156$10,1071 year out$21,724$3,500 52Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico6$8,2521 year out——53Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico—$8,2521 year out——54Universal Technology College of Puerto RicoAguadilla, Puerto Rico5$6,3301 year out——55Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida327—1 year out——56Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana249—1 year out$26,859—57St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas158—1 year out——58IVAEM CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico114—1 year out$16,040—59SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana113—1 year out——60Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan105—1 year out$25,493$19,144 61Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida100—1 year out—$10,882 62Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas98—1 year out——63University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas95—1 year out——64Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio95—1 year out—$15,834 65Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina88—1 year out—$15,000 66City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois87—1 year out—$9,687 67Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California83—1 year out——68Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi83—1 year out$30,240$12,169 69Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California79—1 year out——70Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia79—1 year out——71Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California77—1 year out——72Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah76—1 year out——73Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia69—1 year out——74Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California68—1 year out——75Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas68—1 year out$26,427—76Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky67—1 year out——77Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana67—1 year out—$15,000 78Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California65—1 year out——79Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona63—1 year out$33,303—80Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California59—1 year out——81Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California58—1 year out——82Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina57—1 year out——83Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona56—1 year out——84Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona56—1 year out——85Cypress CollegeCypress, California56—1 year out——86Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin56—1 year out——87South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia54—1 year out——88Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico54—1 year out——89Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas53—1 year out$29,287—90Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah51—1 year out——91Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico50—1 year out$15,915—92Northeast Technology CenterPryor, Oklahoma50—1 year out——93Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois49—1 year out——94College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois49—1 year out——95Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina48—1 year out——96Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas48—1 year out——97Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico48—1 year out—$3,500 98Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois47—1 year out——99Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky46—1 year out——100Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi46—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).