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2023 Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

With 811 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #11 most popular major in North Carolina.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Wake Technical Community College to be the best school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in North Carolina. Wake Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Central Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Carolina Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Central Carolina Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Sanford.

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Out of the 8 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Asheville, A-B Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southwestern Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Fayetteville Technical Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public college with a large student population.

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Guilford Technical Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking. Guilford Technical Community College is a large public school located in the suburb of Jamestown.

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#8

Carteret Community College

Morehead City, NC

Carteret Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for culinary arts students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Morehead City, Carteret Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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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
Georgia 864
South Carolina 215
Arkansas 283
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
Louisiana 367
Virginia 357
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Tennessee 104
Mississippi 320

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 8 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.

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