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Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi

2023 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #13 most popular major in Mississippi with 320 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best for culinary arts majors pursuing a associate degree.

Top Mississippi Trade Schools for an Associate in Culinary Arts

Our analysis found Meridian Community College to be the best school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Mississippi. Located in the remote town of Meridian, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

Full Culinary Arts at Meridian Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means East Central Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Decatur, East Central Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Full Culinary Arts at East Central Community College Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 215
Georgia 864
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
Virginia 357
Louisiana 367
West Virginia 59
Tennessee 104
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359

One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Culinary Arts Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts/Chef Training 10,546
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef 5,029
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts 3,303
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager 1,394
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant 786
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services 335
Institutional Food Workers 204
Culinary Science/Culinology 203
Bartending/Bartender 157
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, & Dining Room Management/Manager 82
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter 28
Wine Steward/Sommelier 8

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 124,611
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,186
Casino Operations and Services 385
Other Personal & Culinary Services 95

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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