Bachelor's degree · Personal and culinary services · CIP 12.05
Culinary Arts and Related Services: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 27 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Culinary Arts and Related Services, together awarding 451 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $37,344 one year after finishing and $48,034 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $26,625 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Compare Culinary Arts and Related Services programs on one chart
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 4 of 26; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Culinary Arts and Related Services
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence · Private nonprofit | RI | 154 | $45,406 | $49,323 | $27,000 |
| Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park · Private nonprofit | NY | 94 | $48,130 | n/a | $26,250 |
| Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus Carolina · Private nonprofit | PR | 38 | $22,280 | $34,582 | $14,720 |
| Nicholls State University Thibodaux · Public | LA | 30 | $32,721 | $46,293 | $27,000 |
| Walnut Hill College Philadelphia · Private for-profit | PA | 14 | $37,008 | $51,631 | $27,000 |
| National Louis University Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi · Public | NY | 12 | $37,680 | n/a | $26,000 |
| Central Washington University Ellensburg · Public | WA | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Drexel University Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Texas Woman's University Denton · Public | TX | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte Charlotte · Private nonprofit | NC | 9 | $45,406 | $49,323 | $27,000 |
| Mississippi University for Women Columbus · Public | MS | 8 | $30,777 | $37,800 | n/a |
| College of the Ozarks Point Lookout · Private nonprofit | MO | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Henry Ford College Dearborn · Public | MI | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Mayaguez · Private nonprofit | PR | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths · Private nonprofit | NY | 6 | $38,027 | $44,781 | n/a |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Portales · Public | NM | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Mississippi State University Mississippi State · Public | MS | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas Barranquitas · Private nonprofit | PR | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall · Public | MN | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill · Public | NY | 3 | n/a | $51,524 | n/a |
| Delaware Valley University Doylestown · Private nonprofit | PA | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Life University Marietta · Private nonprofit | GA | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Holy Cross New Orleans · Private nonprofit | LA | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport · Public | PA | n/a | n/a | $48,360 | n/a |
| Southern New Hampshire University Manchester · Private nonprofit | NH | n/a | n/a | $53,877 | n/a |
| University of North Alabama Florence · Public | AL | n/a | n/a | $47,708 | n/a |
Quick facts: Culinary Arts and Related Services
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts and Related Services?
- The College Scorecard lists 27 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Culinary Arts and Related Services.
- How much do Culinary Arts and Related Services graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $37,344 one year after graduation (8 institutions reporting) and $48,034 five years after graduation (10 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Culinary Arts and Related Services graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Southern New Hampshire University ($53,877), Walnut Hill College ($51,631), SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill ($51,524), Johnson & Wales University-Providence ($49,323), and Pennsylvania College of Technology ($48,360).
- How much student debt do Culinary Arts and Related Services graduates have?
- The median institution's Culinary Arts and Related Services graduates leave with $26,625 in federal student loans (6 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Culinary Arts and Related Services degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Johnson & Wales University-Providence (154), Culinary Institute of America (94), Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus (38), Nicholls State University (30), and Walnut Hill College (14).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Culinary Arts and Related Services (CIP code 12.05), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.