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Culinary Arts at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

If you are interested in studying Culinary Arts, you may want to check out the program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is in Perkinston, MS.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 48 culinary arts graduations were recorded at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Distance learning is available at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Of 8,694 students, 2,064 (24%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 2,768 (32%) took at least some classes online.

Earnings for Culinary Arts Graduates from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Those who finish Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Culinary Arts program earn the following amounts (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Years After Graduation	Median Earnings
1 year	$17,634
2 years	$28,055
3 years	$18,679
4 years	$25,454
5 years	$27,464

How does this compare to the school overall? Four years out, Culinary Arts graduates from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College earn a median of $25,454, compared with $44,614 for all Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College graduates — about 43% lower than the school-wide median.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the diversity of Culinary Arts graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, broken down by degree level.

Across all degree levels, Culinary Arts graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College are 77% women (37) and 23% men (11).

Culinary Arts Associate’s Program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Of the 16 associate’s culinary arts graduates at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 81% were women (13) and 19% were men (3).

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

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	8
Hispanic / Latino	2
Black / African American	3
Asian	1
Two or More Races	2

Minority students account for 50% of Culinary Arts associate’s degree recipients at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, lower than the national average of 52%.*

*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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

This Culinary Arts program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
General Cooking & Culinary Arts	27
Baking & Pastry Arts	18
Other Culinary Arts	3

Top-Paying Careers for Culinary Arts Graduates

Students who finish Culinary Arts program at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College go on to a range of careers. Below are the top-paying 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.