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Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate 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.

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 the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the New England Region to see which basic certificate 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for culinary arts majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our analysis found Bunker Hill Community College to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the New England Region . BHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

Women make up 43% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

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Out of the 15 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massasoit Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Brockton, Massasoit Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Technical Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Southeastern Technical Institute is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of South Easton.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. MCC is a small public school located in the large suburb of Manchester.

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

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at North Shore Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means York County Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Wells, York County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 15 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the # 5 spot on the list. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

Women make up 50% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

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Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Bristol Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Bristol is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fall River.

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Berkshire Community College

Pittsfield, MA

Berkshire Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate culinary arts programs. Located in the rural area of Pittsfield, BCC is a public school with a small student population.

Full Culinary Arts at Berkshire Community College Report

Holyoke Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Holyoke, Holyoke Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in culinary arts at Holyoke Community College, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 97
Maine 29
Connecticut 151
Rhode Island 403
New Hampshire 17

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 15 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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