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General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at Grossmont College

General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at Grossmont College

If you plan to study general cooking & related culinary arts, take a look at what Grossmont College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Grossmont College is located in El Cajon, California and approximately 15,426 students attend the school each year.

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

  • Basic Certificate in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the general cooking & related culinary arts majors at Grossmont College.

56% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of general cooking & related culinary arts associate's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in general cooking & related culinary arts only graduates about 41% men each year. The program at Grossmont College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

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Grossmont College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in general cooking & related culinary arts graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grossmont College with a associate's in general cooking & related culinary arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

A degree in general cooking & related 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 CA, the home state for Grossmont College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Restaurant Cooks 166,420 $30,620
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 93,570 $37,230
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 29,470 $35,680
Chefs and Head Cooks 19,420 $51,400
Cooks 4,600 $33,910

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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