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Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Culinary Arts Trade Schools in New Mexico

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$21,957 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #14 most popular major in New Mexico with 109 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Trade Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in New Mexico to see which 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 Colleges.

Best Culinary Arts School

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 376
Texas 1,430
Oklahoma 332

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Army Europe Images.

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