2021 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools
Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You
In 2018-2019, 26,643 culinary arts students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #9 most popular in the country.
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools ranking. This report analyzed 657 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Culinary Arts program at each school on the list.
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2021 Most Popular Culinary Arts Schools in the United States
Check out the culinary arts programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 25 Most Popular Trade Schools in Culinary Arts
Our analysis found Instituto de Banca y Comercio Inc to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the small city of Guaynabo, Instituto de Banca is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder is a great place for culinary arts students. Escoffier - Boulder is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Boulder.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute of America. It ranked #3 on our 2021 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools list. 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #4 on our 2021 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools list. JWU Providence is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The International Culinary Center is a great place for culinary arts students. Located in the large city of New York, The International Culinary Center is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Institute of Culinary Education did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Institute of Culinary Education is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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Lake Land College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools list. Lake Land College is a small public school located in the town of Mattoon.
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Escuela Hotelera de San Juan landed the #8 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the large city of Hato Rey, Escuela Hotelera de San Juan is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools ranking. Located in the city of Charlotte, JWU Charlotte is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin landed the #10 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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With a ranking of #11, City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.
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With a ranking of #12, ECPI University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College landed the #13 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
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Johnson & Wales University - Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, JWU Denver is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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Atlanta Technical College landed the #15 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Atlanta Area Tech is a small public school located in the city of Atlanta.
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Valencia College ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools list. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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El Centro College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools ranking. El Centro College is a large public school located in the large city of Dallas.
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St Philip’s College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public school with a large student population.
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Ivy Tech Community College ranked #19 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools list. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
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With a ranking of #20, Stratford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, Stratford University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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Los Angeles Mission College came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools ranking. Los Angeles Mission College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Sylmar.
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Culinary Institute Inc did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #22 on the list. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
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Sinclair Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #23 on the list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.
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Cypress College ranked #24 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Cypress, Cypress College is a public college with a large student population.
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Sullivan University landed the #25 spot in the 2021 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.
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Additional Award Winners
This list shows the rest of the colleges awarded a Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 657 different United States culinary arts schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Culinary Arts students that almost earned our Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools award.
Culinary Arts by Region
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Majors Related to Culinary Arts
One of 3 majors within the trade school area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Culinary Arts Focus Areas
Most Popular Majors Related to Culinary Arts
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| Cosmetology | 103,674 |
| Funeral & Mortuary Science | 1,965 |
| Other Personal & Culinary Services | 320 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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.
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