Personal & Culinary Services at Arapahoe Community College

If you plan to study personal & culinary services, take a look at what Arapahoe Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Arapahoe Community College is located in Littleton, Colorado and approximately 12,001 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Personal & Culinary Services section at the bottom of this page.

Arapahoe Community College Personal & Culinary Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Personal & Culinary Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Personal & Culinary Services (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Personal & Culinary Services

Online Classes Are Available at Arapahoe Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Arapahoe Community College does offer online courses in personal & culinary services for the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Arapahoe Community College Personal & Culinary Services Rankings

Personal & Culinary Services Student Demographics at Arapahoe Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the personal & culinary services majors at Arapahoe Community College.

Arapahoe Community College Personal & Culinary Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of personal & culinary services associate's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in personal & culinary services only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Arapahoe Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 6% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in personal & culinary services at Arapahoe Community College are white. Around 76% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arapahoe Community College with a associate's in personal & culinary services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Personal & Culinary Services

Personal & Culinary Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Arapahoe Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Funeral & Mortuary Science	43

Related Majors

• Construction Trades
• Mechanic & Repair Technologies

Careers That Personal & Culinary Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in personal & culinary services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CO, the home state for Arapahoe Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Restaurant Cooks	32,910	$29,490
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	18,180	$40,650
Bartenders	11,390	$27,520
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	9,360	$29,630
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	8,140	$34,830

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.