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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Louisiana

8 Colleges
$25,389 Avg Salary
$15,195 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

With 367 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Louisiana to see which associate degree programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the culinary arts associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Louisiana.

#1

Louisiana Culinary Institute

Baton Rouge, LA

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Culinary Institute the most popular school in Louisiana for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Louisiana Culinary Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Baton Rouge.

About 48% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 52% are male.

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#2

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Delgado Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Orleans.

Of the 7 students majoring in culinary arts at Delgado Community College, 43% are male and 57% are female.

After completing their Associate Degree, culinary arts graduates from Delgado Community College carry an average student debt load of $24,673.

Full Culinary Arts at Delgado Community College Report

The in-demand associate degree programs at South Louisiana Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Louisiana. South Louisiana Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Lafayette.

Women make up 78% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

After completing their Associate Degree, culinary arts graduates from South Louisiana Community College carry an average student debt load of $15,511.

Full Culinary Arts at South Louisiana Community College Report

#4

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Nicholls State University is a great place for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Thibodaux.

Women make up 56% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

Full Culinary Arts at Nicholls State University Report

The in-demand associate degree programs at SOWELA Technical Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Louisiana. Located in the city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public college with a small student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 33% are male.

Full Culinary Arts at SOWELA Technical Community College Report

Bossier Parish Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree culinary arts programs. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Bossier City.

Of the 4 students majoring in culinary arts at Bossier Parish Community College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Northshore Technical Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree culinary arts programs. Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lacombe.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Northshore Technical Community College

Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for culinary arts students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. NLTCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Minden.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Culinary Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 864
South Carolina 215
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
Virginia 357
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Tennessee 104
Mississippi 320

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 8 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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