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General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

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

NWACC is located in Bentonville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 7,411.

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.

  • 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 NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

48% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of general cooking & related culinary arts associate's degrees went to men and 48% 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 NWACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 11% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in general cooking & related culinary arts at NWACC are white. Around 67% 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 NorthWest Arkansas Community 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 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 14
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 AR, the home state for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 12,190 $29,470
Restaurant Cooks 10,910 $22,980
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 6,310 $22,320
Chefs and Head Cooks 550 $45,780

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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