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Personal & Culinary Services at Des Moines Area Community College

Personal & Culinary Services at Des Moines Area Community College

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

DMACC is located in Ankeny, Iowa and approximately 23,051 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.

DMACC Personal & Culinary Services Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at DMACC

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.

DMACC does offer online education options in personal & culinary services for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

DMACC Personal & Culinary Services Rankings

Personal & Culinary Services Student Demographics at DMACC

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

DMACC Personal & Culinary Services Associate’s Program

62% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of personal & culinary services associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in personal & culinary services only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at DMACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in personal & culinary services at DMACC are white. Around 70% 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 Des Moines Area Community College with a associate's in personal & culinary services.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 37
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 Des Moines Area Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Culinary Arts 31
Funeral & Mortuary Science 27

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 IA, the home state for Des Moines Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in IA Average Salary in IA
Restaurant Cooks 11,670 $24,700
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 10,460 $32,480
Bartenders 8,370 $21,220
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 6,580 $27,110
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 3,950 $31,940

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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