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Most Popular Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 22,075 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

The Most Popular Culinary Arts Bachelor's Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's 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 bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named National Louis University the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in culinary arts at NLU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#2

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Roosevelt University is a great place for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#3

Henry Ford College

Dearborn, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Henry Ford College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Henry Ford College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dearborn.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Siena Heights University is a great place for culinary arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Adrian, Siena Heights University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

Dominican University

River Forest, IL

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Dominican University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

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#5

Baker College

Owosso, MI

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Baker College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 413
Indiana 181
Wisconsin 333
Ohio 305
Illinois 668

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

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

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 6 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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