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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maryland

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

With 153 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #12 most popular major in Maryland.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maryland to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate 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.

Check out the culinary arts basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Maryland.

Our analysis found Anne Arundel Community College to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Maryland. AACC is a large public school located in the suburb of Arnold.

Of the 59 students majoring in culinary arts at AACC, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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#2

Howard Community College

Columbia, MD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maryland list. HCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Columbia.

About 60% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#3

Montgomery College

Rockville, MD

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Montgomery College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Montgomery College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Rockville.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Allegany College of Maryland is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of Cumberland, Allegany College of Maryland is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Allegany College of Maryland

#5

Chesapeake College

Wye Mills, MD

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Chesapeake College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Chesapeake College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wye Mills.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,514
Pennsylvania 327
New Jersey 167
Delaware 30

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 5 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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