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General Cooking & Culinary Arts at Merced College
If you plan to study General Cooking & Culinary Arts, consider the program at Merced College. Get started with the following essential facts.
Merced College is located in Merced, CA.
During the most recent reporting year, 3 general cooking & culinary arts degrees were awarded at Merced College.
Studying Online at Merced College
Distance learning is available at Merced College. Among 12,472 students, 5,000 (40%) studied exclusively online and 4,027 (32%) took at least some classes online.
Student Demographics & Diversity
The following sections describe the student demographics for General Cooking & Culinary Arts graduates at Merced College, broken down by degree level.
Looking at the program as a whole, General Cooking & Culinary Arts graduates at Merced College are 100% women (3) and 0% men (0).
General Cooking & Culinary Arts Associate’s Program at Merced College
Of the 1 associate’s general cooking & culinary arts degrees awarded at Merced College, 100% were women (1) and 0% were men (0).
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Cooking & Culinary Arts associate’s degree recipients at Merced College.
| Race / Ethnicity | Number of Graduates |
|---|---|
| Hispanic / Latino | 1 |
Minority students account for 100% of General Cooking & Culinary Arts associate’s degree recipients at Merced College, above the national average of 66%.*
*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.
Top-Paying Careers for General Cooking & Culinary Arts Graduates
Graduates of the General Cooking & Culinary Arts program at Merced College go on to a range of careers. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for General Cooking & Culinary Arts graduates, ordered by median annual salary:
| Occupation | Nationwide Median Wage |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Restaurant | $41,438 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | $37,104 |
| Cooks, All Other | $36,782 |
| Chefs and Head Cooks | $35,292 |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria | $30,453 |
References
- IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
- U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
- O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- National Center for Education Statistics
More about our data sources and methodologies.