2023 Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 22,075 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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The following school tops our list of the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School

National Louis University

Chicago, IL

18 Bachelor's Degrees

Our 2023 rankings named National Louis University the best school in the Great Lakes Region for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	413
Indiana	181
Wisconsin	333
Ohio	305
Illinois	668

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 values are for the top school 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).
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