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Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee

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

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #23 most popular major in Tennessee with 104 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee 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.


 

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

Our 2023 rankings named Nashville State Community College the most popular school in Tennessee for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Nashville, Nashville State Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 79% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Remington College - Memphis Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Remington College - Memphis Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Memphis.

About 62% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 38% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pellissippi State Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Knoxville, Pellissippi State Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in culinary arts at Pellissippi State Community College, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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#4

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Collegedale.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 215
Georgia 864
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
Virginia 357
Louisiana 367
West Virginia 59
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Mississippi 320

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 averages are for the top 4 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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