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Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in Illinois with 668 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which basic certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best for culinary arts majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top Illinois Trade Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Culinary Arts

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, IL

Our analysis found Lake Land College to be the best school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Illinois. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the distant town of Mattoon.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Lake Land College

#2

Joliet Junior College

Joliet, IL

The excellent basic certificate programs at Joliet Junior College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Illinois. Joliet Junior College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Joliet Junior College

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the large city of Chicago.

Full Culinary Arts at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 413
Indiana 181
Wisconsin 333
Ohio 305

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

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 3 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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