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2023 Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools

16 Colleges
$31,534 Avg Salary
$33,957 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #100 most popular major in the country with 19,806 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Culinary Institute of America the best school in the United States for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Hyde Park, The Culinary Institute of America is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means National Louis University is a great place for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. NLU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College landed the # 3 spot on the list. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $666.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the small city of Williamsport, Penn College is a public college with a small student population.

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the # 5 spot on the list. International Fine Arts College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Miami.

The average amount in student loans that culinary arts majors at International Fine Arts College take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $36,488.

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree culinary arts programs. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, culinary arts majors at JWU Providence accumulate an average of around $27,749 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $462, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree culinary arts programs. Paul Smith's College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Paul Smiths.

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The Art Institute of Dallas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Dallas, The Art Institute of Dallas is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Culinary Arts majors at The Art Institute of Dallas take out an average of $36,488 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Southern New Hampshire University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

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SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

SUNY Delhi came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the town of Delhi, SUNY Delhi is a public college with a small student population.

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Culinary Arts by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 107,895
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,354
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

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