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Culinary Arts at Columbia College

If you plan to study Culinary Arts, consider the program at Columbia College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Columbia College is in Sonora, CA.

During the most recent reporting year, 38 culinary arts degrees were granted at Columbia College.

Online & Distance Learning at Columbia College

Distance learning is available at Columbia College. Of 2,828 students, 916 (32%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,347 (48%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the diversity of Culinary Arts graduates at Columbia College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Culinary Arts graduates at Columbia College are 29% women (11) and 71% men (27).

Culinary Arts Associate’s Program at Columbia College

Of the 9 associate’s culinary arts graduates at Columbia College, 56% were women (5) and 44% were men (4).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Culinary Arts associate’s degree recipients at Columbia College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	9

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Culinary Arts Concentrations at Columbia College

This Culinary Arts program at Columbia College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Cooking & Culinary Arts	32
Restaurant & Catering Management	6

Highest-Paying Careers for Culinary Arts Graduates

Students who finish Culinary Arts program at Columbia College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Culinary Arts graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Food Service Managers	$165,782
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	$111,183
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$68,967
Food Scientists and Technologists	$55,930
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$50,662
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$47,691
Bakers	$41,467
Cooks, Restaurant	$41,438
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$37,104
Cooks, All Other	$36,782

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.