Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Personal & Culinary Services at SOWELA Technical Community College

Personal & Culinary Services at SOWELA Technical Community College

What traits are you looking for in a personal & culinary services school? To help you decide if SOWELA Technical Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's personal & culinary services program.

SOWELA is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a total student population of 2,914.

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.

SOWELA Personal & Culinary Services Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SOWELA

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SOWELA offers distance education options for personal & culinary services at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

SOWELA Personal & Culinary Services Rankings

Personal & Culinary Services Student Demographics at SOWELA

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

SOWELA Personal & Culinary Services Associate’s Program

71% Women
71% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 29% of personal & culinary services associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in personal & culinary services only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SOWELA may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 15% more women than average.

undefined

SOWELA does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in personal & culinary services graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SOWELA Technical Community College with a associate's in personal & culinary services.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Personal & Culinary Services

The following personal & culinary services concentations are available at SOWELA Technical Community College. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at SOWELA Technical Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Culinary Arts 8

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 LA, the home state for SOWELA Technical Community College.

Occupation Jobs in LA Average Salary in LA
Restaurant Cooks 17,110 $23,230
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 16,060 $32,360
Bartenders 8,200 $19,350
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 5,330 $21,990
Personal Service Worker Supervisors 3,310 $36,200

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.