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2023 Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New York

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$28,972 Avg Salary
$12,729 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

In 2021-2022, culinary arts students earned 1,514 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Culinary Arts Schools in New York

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

Top 10 Best Culinary Arts Schools

Our analysis found Institute of Culinary Education to be the best school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in New York. Institute of Culinary Education is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Culinary Institute of America is a great place for culinary arts students. The Culinary Institute of America is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hyde Park.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Suffolk County Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Selden, Suffolk County Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New York list. Located in the rural area of Paul Smiths, Paul Smith's College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at SUNY Schenectady County Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in New York. SUNY Schenectady is a small public school located in the city of Schenectady.

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Nassau Community College

Garden City, NY

Nassau Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Alfred State College

Alfred, NY

Alfred State College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best culinary arts programs. Located in the remote town of Alfred, Alfred State is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

SUNY Delhi

Delhi, NY

SUNY Delhi came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New York ranking. SUNY Delhi is a small public school located in the remote town of Delhi.

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Niagara County Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the rural area of Sanborn, Niagara County Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Monroe College

Bronx, NY

Monroe College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New York ranking. Monroe College is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 327
New Jersey 167
Maryland 153
Delaware 30

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 13 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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