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Personal & Culinary Services at Southwestern Community College

If you are interested in studying personal and culinary services, you may want to check out the program at Southwestern Community College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Southwestern Community College is located in Sylva, North Carolina and approximately 2,259 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 6 students received their associate's degree in personal and culinary services.

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.

Southwestern Community College 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

Southwestern Community College Personal & Culinary Services Rankings

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Personal & Culinary Services Student Demographics at Southwestern Community College

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

Southwestern Community College Personal & Culinary Services Associate’s Program

67% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of personal and culinary services associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in personal and culinary services only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at Southwestern Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 19% more women than average.

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

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

Concentrations Within Personal & Culinary Services

Personal & Culinary Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southwestern Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Culinary Arts	15
Cosmetology	12

Careers That Personal & Culinary Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in personal and 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 NC, the home state for Southwestern Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Restaurant Cooks	47,350	$24,950
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors	36,160	$34,360
Bartenders	13,360	$25,510
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	8,620	$25,240
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	8,110	$28,550

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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