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Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska

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

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Associate Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 130 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Nebraska college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nebraska 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 Metropolitan Community College the most popular school in Nebraska for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in culinary arts at MCC, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Metropolitan Community College

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Community College Area. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Associate Degree Trade Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

Culinary Arts majors at Southeast Community College take out an average of $14,745 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Southeast Community College Area

#3

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their associate degree. Central Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Island.

Of the 5 students majoring in culinary arts at Central Community College, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Full Culinary Arts at Central Community College Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 96
Missouri 87
Minnesota 125
South Dakota 3
Iowa 200
North Dakota 4

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 3 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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