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Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 29 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for culinary arts majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named York County Community College the most popular school in Maine 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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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Kennebec Valley Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Fairfield, Kennebec Valley Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 97
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 2 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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