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

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

Associate programs — top 100 of 400 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder, Colorado1,117$30,2241 year out—$17,303 2Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, New York604$28,0491 year out$41,224$12,000 3Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island242$27,5141 year out$36,778$14,745 4Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, Texas197$26,6131 year out—$19,682 5Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina161$27,5141 year out$36,778$14,745 6Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas93$28,0891 year out$26,286$27,829 7National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois83$24,7861 year out$42,444$17,500 8ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia77$23,3201 year out$33,929$18,043 9Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania76$25,8931 year out$38,256$12,000 10Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida72$25,2271 year out$29,578$17,468 11Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky67$24,2921 year out$33,261$15,265 12Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California61—1 year out——13Monroe UniversityBronx, New York55$18,2561 year out$28,947$13,364 14Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas52$26,4191 year out$22,509$26,217 15Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri51$26,3181 year out$35,232—16Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii50$26,8821 year out$36,477$10,087 17Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida49$28,1591 year out$32,736$20,000 18College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada49$22,4281 year out$36,814—19Louisiana Culinary InstituteBaton Rouge, Louisiana49—1 year out$32,944—20Seattle Central CollegeSeattle, Washington45—1 year out——21Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi42—1 year out$30,271—22Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina39—1 year out——23Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan37$25,2041 year out$37,278$12,000 24Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York37$26,5141 year out$31,183$12,000 25Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma37$25,2721 year out$35,970$12,500 26Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan36$27,2481 year out$35,743$15,750 27Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina36$24,4661 year out$42,743$19,500 28Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois35$28,2521 year out—$16,375 29CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York34—1 year out$34,465—30Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan33$20,7011 year out$26,273—31Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey33$26,1701 year out$35,726$12,900 32Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas33$31,7701 year out——33Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa32$26,9131 year out$41,811$11,167 34City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois31$19,4471 year out—$6,285 35Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina31$32,6021 year out$33,786—36University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas29$25,5971 year out$31,202$19,250 37Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, New York29—1 year out$36,504—38Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio29$36,3301 year out$38,302$12,145 39Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah29$27,0561 year out$29,313—40South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas29$24,0841 year out$29,888—41Helms CollegeAugusta, Georgia29$25,2611 year out—$20,000 42Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida28$31,1011 year out——43Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan28$24,4731 year out$42,557$15,125 44Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska28—1 year out$38,492—45Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico28$13,2071 year out$24,537$8,975 46Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri27$25,8791 year out$30,961$10,501 47Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey27$31,6391 year out—$11,000 48Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio27$28,0371 year out$34,535—49Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas27$26,9271 year out$33,217$11,000 50Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania26—1 year out——51City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California25—1 year out——52Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado25—1 year out$27,043—53Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi25—1 year out$27,464—54Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina25$27,1271 year out$30,521—55St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas25—1 year out$30,913—56Cypress CollegeCypress, California24—1 year out——57Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California24—1 year out——58Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland24—1 year out——59Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas24—1 year out——60Mariano Moreno Culinary InstituteMiami, Florida24—1 year out——61Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California23—1 year out——62Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York23—1 year out$42,704—63Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California22—1 year out——64Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California22—1 year out——65Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut22—1 year out$53,983—66Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas22$38,9771 year out$40,068—67Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California21—1 year out——68Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin21$25,3041 year out$32,428$19,386 69Collin County Community College DistrictMcKinney, Texas21—1 year out$37,524—70NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas21$26,0251 year out—$12,500 71Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona21—1 year out——72Institute of Culinary EducationPasadena, California21—1 year out——73SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York20$26,5981 year out—$12,000 74Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina20—1 year out$36,316—75Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon20$27,8551 year out$29,777$12,000 76Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia19—1 year out——77Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California18—1 year out——78Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California18—1 year out——79Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado18—1 year out$34,075—80Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida18—1 year out$27,899—81Prince George's Community CollegeLargo, Maryland18—1 year out——82Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota18—1 year out$34,012—83Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio18—1 year out$35,888—84Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah18$31,7881 year out——85Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington18—1 year out$40,814—86NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico18$14,9501 year out——87Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California17—1 year out——88Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana17—1 year out$32,217—89Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa17$21,3911 year out$40,714$15,375 90Caldwell Community College and Technical InstituteHudson, North Carolina17—1 year out——91YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania17$29,4941 year out$33,391$19,222 92Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina17$26,2681 year out$31,587$19,434 93Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee17—1 year out——94El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas17—1 year out$27,047—95San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas17—1 year out$31,891—96Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewood, Washington17—1 year out$39,692—97University of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahului, Hawaii16$24,6691 year out$38,985—98Moraine Valley Community CollegePalos Hills, Illinois16—1 year out——99Howard Community CollegeColumbia, Maryland16—1 year out——100SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, New York16—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 485 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder, Colorado2,545$25,6821 year out$33,080$11,093 2NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico851$12,4031 year out$19,057$9,500 3Institute of Culinary EducationNew York, New York655$22,7591 year out—$6,777 4Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida327—1 year out——5Institute of Culinary EducationPasadena, California265$22,7591 year out—$6,777 6Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana249—1 year out$26,859—7Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois196$14,3661 year out—$5,163 8St Philip's CollegeSan Antonio, Texas158—1 year out——9Escuela Hotelera de San JuanHato Rey, Puerto Rico156$10,1071 year out$21,724$3,500 10Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma141$20,2841 year out$26,421—11Arizona Culinary InstituteScottsdale, Arizona121$29,2231 year out$34,396$9,500 12IVAEM CollegeCaguas, Puerto Rico114—1 year out$16,040—13SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana113—1 year out——14Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan105—1 year out$25,493$19,144 15Florida Education InstituteMiami, Florida102$20,5311 year out—$9,500 16Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida100—1 year out—$10,882 17Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas98$30,4841 year out—$9,218 18Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas98—1 year out——19University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas95—1 year out——20Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio95—1 year out—$15,834 21Helms CollegeAugusta, Georgia95$19,4031 year out$24,839$13,875 22Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina88—1 year out—$15,000 23City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois87—1 year out—$9,687 24The Culinary School of Fort WorthFort Worth, Texas84$21,6081 year out—$9,500 25Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California83—1 year out——26Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi83—1 year out$30,240$12,169 27Los Angeles Mission CollegeSylmar, California79—1 year out——28Central Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins, Georgia79—1 year out——29Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California77—1 year out——30Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah76—1 year out——31Lincoln Technical Institute-SheltonShelton, Connecticut75$24,1281 year out$33,904$12,934 32NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas71$25,9961 year out—$12,500 33Wiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta, Georgia69—1 year out——34Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California68—1 year out——35Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas68—1 year out$26,427—36Lincoln College of Technology-ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland68$24,1281 year out$33,904$12,934 37Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky67—1 year out——38Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana67—1 year out—$15,000 39William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida66$15,0211 year out$20,738—40Grossmont CollegeEl Cajon, California65—1 year out——41Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona63—1 year out$33,303—42Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California59—1 year out——43Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California58—1 year out——44Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania58$29,1551 year out—$12,000 45Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina57—1 year out——46Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona56—1 year out——47Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona56—1 year out——48Cypress CollegeCypress, California56—1 year out——49Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison, Wisconsin56—1 year out——50South Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus, Georgia54—1 year out——51Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico54—1 year out——52Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas53—1 year out$29,287—53Davis Technical CollegeKaysville, Utah51—1 year out——54ICPR Junior CollegeManati, Puerto Rico51$12,7301 year out$10,132—55Inter American University of Puerto Rico-AguadillaAguadilla, Puerto Rico50—1 year out$15,915—56Northeast Technology CenterPryor, Oklahoma50—1 year out——57Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida49$25,5861 year out$33,286—58Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois49—1 year out——59College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois49—1 year out——60Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina48—1 year out——61Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas48—1 year out——62Inter American University of Puerto Rico-PonceMercedita, Puerto Rico48—1 year out—$3,500 63Kaskaskia CollegeCentralia, Illinois47—1 year out——64Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky46—1 year out——65Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi46—1 year out——66Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, Texas46$24,8731 year out$28,704$13,300 67Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas46$21,2391 year out$30,990$12,458 68Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida45—1 year out$35,084—69South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas44—1 year out——70Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin44—1 year out——71Dorsey College-RosevilleRoseville, Michigan44$21,3671 year out$17,060$13,000 72Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois43—1 year out——73Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky43—1 year out——74Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio43—1 year out——75Savannah Technical CollegeSavannah, Georgia42—1 year out——76Mariano Moreno Culinary InstituteMiami, Florida42—1 year out——77Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia41—1 year out——78Wake Technical Community CollegeRaleigh, North Carolina41—1 year out—$13,226 79West Georgia Technical CollegeWaco, Georgia40—1 year out——80Richland Community CollegeDecatur, Illinois40—1 year out——81Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky39—1 year out——82Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland39—1 year out——83ICPR Junior College-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico39$12,7301 year out$10,132—84Institute of TechnologyClovis, California39$21,5091 year out$30,052$9,500 85Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia38—1 year out——86Mountainland Technical CollegeLehi, Utah38—1 year out$33,782—87Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California37—1 year out——88Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York36—1 year out——89Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina36—1 year out$31,549$31,724 90Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio36—1 year out——91Atlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta, Georgia35—1 year out——92West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky35—1 year out——93Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina35—1 year out——94South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas35—1 year out$23,361—95Academia Serrant IncPonce, Puerto Rico35$13,5631 year out$18,152—96Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas34—1 year out——97College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California33—1 year out——98Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan33$27,6301 year out—$12,125 99Wilkes Community CollegeWilkesboro, North Carolina33—1 year out——100Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida32$21,9651 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 (—).