Associate Culinary Arts and Related Services Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Associate Culinary Arts and Related Services Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Culinary Arts and Related Services programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 80 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Johnson County Community CollegeOverland Park, Kansas$38,977——$14k$45k31%11,332425 mi 2Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio$36,330——$5k$40k16%5,667178 mi 3Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin$34,736——$11k$46k65%5,82529 mi 4Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan$33,382——$3k$39k33%7,81626 mi 5Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina$32,602——$12k$36k40%5,110231 mi 6Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York$32,02377%—$27k$46k51%57944 mi 7Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah$31,788——$10k$48k29%18,136540 mi 8Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas$31,770——$3k$42k32%43,869232 mi 9Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania$31,763——$11k$46k28%7,30116 mi 10Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey$31,639——$8k$34k30%3,75511 mi 11Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida$31,101——$5k$41k46%46,182< 1 mi 12Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder, Colorado$30,224——$13k$32k48%8,504749 mi 13Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming$29,544——$9k$40k42%1,610727 mi 14YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania$29,494——$15k$41k45%64242 mi 15Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida$29,451——$4k$41k34%21,472< 1 mi 16Eastwick College-HackensackHackensack, New Jersey$29,123——$30k$40k43%1,1715 mi 17Kennebec Valley Community CollegeFairfield, Maine$28,893——$4k$36k39%1,59733 mi 18Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois$28,252——$2k$43k21%9,30637 mi 19Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida$28,15997%—$30k$40k61%17,6784 mi 20Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas$28,089——$30k$32k100%31320 mi 21Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, New York$28,04991%1060$36k$47k63%3,01130 mi 22Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio$28,037——$6k$38k41%13,308132 mi 23Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon$27,855——$9k$38k40%1,2701 mi 24Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island$27,51488%1050$31k$43k55%3,8681 mi 25Johnson & Wales University-OnlineProvidence, Rhode Island$27,51491%—$20k$43k0%2,2021 mi 26Johnson & Wales University-CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina$27,51480%1007$27k$43k49%1,184155 mi 27Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan$27,248——$2k$43k18%7,51119 mi 28Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina$27,127——$3k$38k31%15,067153 mi 29Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah$27,056——$6k$55k45%28,453544 mi 30College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois$26,952——$7k$47k25%16,11423 mi 31Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas$26,927——$14k$39k46%9,437178 mi 32Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa$26,913——$11k$41k39%10,446300 mi 33Kapiolani Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii$26,882——$5k$45k22%3,9101 mi 34Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan$26,843——$3k$39k28%4,99734 mi 35Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan$26,69291%1012$9k$55k47%8,10648 mi 36Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, Texas$26,613——$20k$36k70%305128 mi 37SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, New York$26,59876%1094$15k$50k55%3,56366 mi 38Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan$26,586——$6k$38k25%2,8131 mi 39Niagara County Community CollegeSanborn, New York$26,514——$7k$42k32%3,0845 mi 40Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska$26,446——$9k$43k38%6,773465 mi 41Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas$26,419——$6k$39k17%40,50319 mi 42Pierpont Community and Technical CollegeFairmont, West Virginia$26,399——$8k$35k42%959164 mi 43Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri$26,318——$8k$35k21%11,788256 mi 44Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina$26,268——$12k$39k21%8,916180 mi 45Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey$26,170——$7k$34k26%6,6262 mi 46Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware$26,031——$12k$41k22%10,8679 mi 47NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas$26,025——$7k$44k31%4,953441 mi 48Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$25,938——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 49Walnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$25,89343%—$32k$37k58%1754 mi 50Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Missouri$25,879——$7k$36k33%8,165437 mi 51University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas$25,597——$14k$35k36%4,118327 mi 52Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$25,304——$9k$41k25%12,0241 mi 53Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma$25,272——$11k$46k42%2,028408 mi 54Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania$25,269——$25k$53k53%4,464126 mi 55Helms CollegeAugusta, Georgia$25,261——$25k—36%18397 mi 56Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida$25,227——$12k$41k48%39,48640 mi 57Baker CollegeOwosso, Michigan$25,20482%1080$13k$36k36%3,02649 mi 58Hawaii Community CollegeHilo, Hawaii$25,027——$9k$35k33%1,5462 mi 59National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois$24,78695%—$13k$46k30%4,4061 mi 60University of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahului, Hawaii$24,669——$8k$34k28%1,7001 mi 61Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan$24,473——$9k$38k21%10,69828 mi 62Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina$24,466——$4k$36k38%6,27410 mi 63Sullivan UniversityLouisville, Kentucky$24,292——$26k$38k71%2,026250 mi 64South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas$24,084——$2k$37k27%15,85652 mi 65Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa$24,061——$9k$40k50%2,647361 mi 66ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia$23,32075%—$23k$43k42%12,0906 mi 67Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, New Mexico$23,139——$5k$37k31%15,203459 mi 68College of Southern NevadaLas Vegas, Nevada$22,428——$7k$38k19%27,252232 mi 69Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa$21,391——$10k$41k43%7,591198 mi 70Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$21,014——$24k$31k60%4,462302 mi 71Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan$20,701——$2k$42k18%13,87615 mi 72City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois$19,447——$9k$28k31%1,7773 mi 73Jna Institute of Culinary ArtsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$18,774——$19k$32k60%152 mi 74Monroe UniversityBronx, New York$18,25668%—$15k$41k57%5,7011 mi 75North Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville, Georgia$17,383——$4k$33k39%1,910212 mi 76Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York$15,793——$8k$41k28%6,0991 mi 77NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico$14,950——$9k$25k54%28,9184 mi 78Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina$14,813——$15k$34k31%9,260164 mi 79Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina CampusCarolina, Puerto Rico$13,207——$8k$24k34%4,4683 mi 80Guam Community CollegeMangilao, Guam$12,500——$4k$28k25%1,139< 1 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.