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Most Popular Online Culinary Arts Trade Schools in California

2023 Most Popular Online Culinary Arts Trade Schools in California

2 Colleges
$23,704 Avg Salary
$9,715 Avg Student Debt

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.

The Most Popular Online Culinary Arts Trade Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which online programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Culinary Arts Colleges.

#1

National Holistic Institute

Emeryville, CA

Our 2023 rankings named National Holistic Institute the most popular online school in California for culinary arts students. National Holistic Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Emeryville.

Full Culinary Arts at National Holistic Institute Report

Our analysis found Institute of Culinary Education - Los Angeles to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue an online degree in California. Institute of Culinary Education - Los Angeles is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Pasadena.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Institute of Culinary Education - Los Angeles

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Culinary Arts Schools 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 2 schools only.

  • 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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