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2023 Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Mississippi

3 Colleges
$20,111 Avg Salary
$18,050 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

With 320 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, culinary arts is the #13 most popular major in Mississippi.

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 Trade Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Culinary Arts Schools in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Trade Schools in Culinary Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Meridian Community College the best school in Mississippi for culinary arts students. Located in the remote town of Meridian, MCC is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Holmes Community College is a great place for culinary arts students. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Central Community College is a great place for culinary arts students. Located in the rural area of Decatur, East Central Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Culinary Arts Colleges 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 9,052
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef 4,322
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts 3,156
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager 1,380
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant 801
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services 411
Culinary Science/Culinology 196
Bartending/Bartender 183
Institutional Food Workers 157
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, & Dining Room Management/Manager 84
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter 35
Wine Steward/Sommelier 7

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Cosmetology 107,895
Funeral & Mortuary Science 2,354
Casino Operations and Services 192
Other Personal & Culinary Services 81

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.

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