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Culinary Arts at Southern Maine Community College

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Culinary Arts at Southern Maine Community College

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

SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and approximately 5,789 students attend the school each year.

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

SMCC Culinary Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts

SMCC Culinary Arts Rankings

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Culinary Arts Student Demographics at SMCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the culinary arts majors at Southern Maine Community College.

SMCC Culinary Arts Associate’s Program

43% Women
For the most recent academic year available, 57% of culinary arts associate's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in culinary arts only graduates about 39% men each year. The program at SMCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 18% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in culinary arts at SMCC are white. Around 100% 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 Southern Maine Community College with a associate's in culinary arts.

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

Careers That Culinary Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in 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 ME, the home state for Southern Maine Community College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Restaurant Cooks 5,600 $28,780
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 3,800 $38,740
Bartenders 2,790 $29,320
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 1,690 $30,910
Food Service Managers 1,150 $63,410

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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