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

Certificate 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 54 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska$36,734——$9k$43k38%6,773465 mi 2Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$32,478——$11k$38k40%3,813132 mi 3Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas$30,484——$3k$42k32%43,869232 mi 4Arizona Culinary InstituteScottsdale, Arizona$29,223——$39k$42k91%149178 mi 5Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania$29,15591%1082$17k$51k56%6,764116 mi 6Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania$28,885——$11k$46k28%7,30116 mi 7YTI Career Institute-YorkYork, Pennsylvania$28,351——$15k$41k45%64242 mi 8Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos Bay, Oregon$27,727——$9k$38k40%1,2701 mi 9Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan$27,630——$9k$38k21%10,69828 mi 10Manatee Technical CollegeBradenton, Florida$27,210——$2k$38k64%1,4867 mi 11NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas$25,996——$7k$44k31%4,953441 mi 12Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-BoulderBoulder, Colorado$25,682——$13k$32k48%8,504749 mi 13Atlantic Technical CollegeCoconut Creek, Florida$25,586——$10k$39k65%3,0007 mi 14Remington College-Memphis CampusMemphis, Tennessee$25,389——$27k$31k38%331320 mi 15Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas, Texas$25,389——$30k$31k—250240 mi 16Remington College-Houston Southeast CampusLeague City, Texas$25,389——$21k$31k60%1116 mi 17Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-AustinAustin, Texas$24,873——$20k$36k70%305128 mi 18Lincoln College of Technology-ColumbiaColumbia, Maryland$24,128——$34k$39k68%1,25813 mi 19Lincoln Technical Institute-New BritainNew Britain, Connecticut$24,128——$33k$39k65%92826 mi 20Lincoln Technical Institute-SheltonShelton, Connecticut$24,128——$39k$39k65%8756 mi 21Spokane Community CollegeSpokane, Washington$23,529——$5k$42k33%4,533225 mi 22Institute of Culinary EducationNew York, New York$22,759———$48k—589< 1 mi 23Institute of Culinary EducationPasadena, California$22,759———$48k77%55322 mi 24Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver, Colorado$22,599——$7k$35k97%6,123745 mi 25Pinellas Technical College-ClearwaterClearwater, Florida$21,965——$22k$35k52%7321 mi 26Miller-Motte College-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee$21,827——$24k$31k60%4,462302 mi 27The Culinary School of Fort WorthFort Worth, Texas$21,60878%—$24k—85%92249 mi 28Institute of TechnologyClovis, California$21,509——$23k$35k73%1,377113 mi 29Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$21,368——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 30Dorsey CollegeMadison Heights, Michigan$21,367——$29k$29k54%64315 mi 31Dorsey College-RosevilleRoseville, Michigan$21,367——$29k$29k35%43717 mi 32Culinary Institute IncHouston, Texas$21,239——$30k$32k100%31320 mi 33Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas$21,144——$14k$39k46%9,437178 mi 34Florida Education InstituteMiami, Florida$20,531——$36k$25k74%3184 mi 35Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma$20,284——$11k$33k52%886431 mi 36ECPI UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia$19,63975%—$23k$43k42%12,0906 mi 37Helms CollegeAugusta, Georgia$19,403——$25k—36%18397 mi 38Texarkana CollegeTexarkana, Texas$19,284——$9k$35k47%1,502239 mi 39Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolToms River, New Jersey$16,566——$11k$47k65%4974 mi 40Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York$15,337——$8k$41k28%6,0991 mi 41Michigan Career and Technical InstitutePlainwell, Michigan$15,195———$29k38%11838 mi 42William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida$15,021——$12k$42k66%6976 mi 43Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois$14,366——$2k$39k58%2,448162 mi 44Crescent City Bartending SchoolNew Orleans, Louisiana$13,763——$19k$22k89%5705 mi 45Academia Serrant IncPonce, Puerto Rico$13,563——$9k$18k88%1563 mi 46ICPR Junior CollegeHato Rey, Puerto Rico$12,730——$7k$19k51%4391 mi 47ICPR Junior CollegeManati, Puerto Rico$12,730——$7k$19k61%4244 mi 48ICPR Junior College-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$12,730——$7k$19k67%373< 1 mi 49ICPR Junior College-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico$12,730——$7k$19k60%3391 mi 50NUC UniversityBayamon, Puerto Rico$12,403——$9k$25k54%28,9184 mi 51Escuela Hotelera de San JuanHato Rey, Puerto Rico$10,107——$17k$21k85%3971 mi 52Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-PoncePonce, Puerto Rico$8,25298%1300$13k$25k49%3,8742 mi 53Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-MayaguezMayaguez, Puerto Rico$8,25299%—$12k$25k40%5551 mi 54Universal Technology College of Puerto RicoAguadilla, Puerto Rico$6,330——$6k$20k64%149< 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.