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Culinary Arts at Central Washington University

Culinary Arts at Central Washington University

If you plan to study culinary arts, take a look at what Central Washington University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a total student population of 11,174.

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

CWU Culinary Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Culinary Arts

CWU Culinary Arts Rankings

The culinary arts major at CWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Culinary Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Culinary Arts Student Demographics at CWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the culinary arts majors at Central Washington University.

CWU Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Program

33% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 67% of culinary arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. The typical culinary arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in culinary arts at CWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Washington University with a bachelor's in culinary arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Culinary Arts

If you plan to be a culinary arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Central Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services 2

Careers That Culinary Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in culinary arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation Jobs in WA Average Salary in WA
Restaurant Cooks 32,510 $32,370
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 21,740 $41,430
Bartenders 13,630 $35,390
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 10,650 $34,230
Bakers 5,850 $33,300

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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