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Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in California

2023 Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in California

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$20,089 Avg Salary
$10,217 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #16 most popular major in California with 1,378 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for trade school students.

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2023 Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Top California Trade Schools for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Culinary Arts

#1

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

Our analysis found Cerritos College to be the best school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Cerritos College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Norwalk.

Full Culinary Arts at Cerritos College Report

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Antelope Valley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in California. UAV is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lancaster.

On average, culinary arts graduates from UAV take out $9,439 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in California. Fresno Institute of Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Clovis.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Fresno Institute of Technology accumulate an average of around $10,379 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Culinary Arts at Los Angeles Trade Technical College Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 342
Oregon 123
Nevada 74
Alaska 33
Hawaii 212

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

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 4 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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