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General Cooking & Culinary Arts at Virginia Western Community College

If you plan to study General Cooking & Culinary Arts, you may want to check out the program at Virginia Western Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Virginia Western Community College is located in Roanoke, VA.

During the most recent reporting year, 20 general cooking & culinary arts degrees were awarded at Virginia Western Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Virginia Western Community College

Distance learning is available at Virginia Western Community College. Among 6,332 students, 1,354 (21%) studied exclusively online and 1,540 (24%) took at least some classes online.

General Cooking & Culinary Arts Rankings at Virginia Western Community College

These rankings give you a sense of how Virginia Western Community College’s General Cooking & Culinary Arts program against other schools offering the same major.

Associate-Level Rankings

Ranking	Scope	Rank
Best Schools (Quality)	Virginia	#2 of 3
Best Value	Virginia	#2 of 3
Best Schools (Quality)	Southeast (Region)	#7 of 15
Best Value	Southeast (Region)	#8 of 19
Best Value	Nationwide	#37 of 100
Best Schools (Quality)	Nationwide	#51 of 77

Student Demographics & Diversity

Take a look at the student demographics for General Cooking & Culinary Arts graduates at Virginia Western Community College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, General Cooking & Culinary Arts graduates at Virginia Western Community College are 60% women (12) and 40% men (8).

General Cooking & Culinary Arts Associate’s Program at Virginia Western Community College

Of the 13 associate’s general cooking & culinary arts degrees awarded at Virginia Western Community College, 62% were women (8) and 38% were men (5).

Virginia Western Community College gender breakdown of General Cooking & Culinary Arts Associate's degree recipients

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of General Cooking & Culinary Arts associate’s degree recipients at Virginia Western Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	10
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	1
Two or More Races	1

Racial-ethnic diversity of General Cooking & Culinary Arts majors at Virginia Western Community College

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 23% of General Cooking & Culinary Arts associate’s degree recipients at Virginia Western Community College, below 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

Those who complete General Cooking & Culinary Arts program at Virginia Western Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for General Cooking & Culinary Arts majors, 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

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