Find Trade Colleges

Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana

9 Colleges

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

With 367 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Louisiana 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 Crescent City Bartending School to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Louisiana. Crescent Schools is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

Of the 41 students majoring in culinary arts at Crescent Schools, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Read More…

#2

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Delgado Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Louisiana. Delgado Community College is a large public school located in the large city of New Orleans.

About 74% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 26% are male.

Read More…

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SOWELA Technical Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 72 students majoring in culinary arts at SOWELA, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at SOWELA Technical Community College

#4

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

Out of the 9 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Baton Rouge Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. BRCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

Full Culinary Arts at Baton Rouge Community College Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means South Louisiana Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. South Louisiana Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lafayette.

Read More…

Bossier Parish Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for culinary arts students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Bossier City.

Full Culinary Arts at Bossier Parish Community College Report

Northshore Technical Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for culinary arts students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lacombe.

Women make up 82% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Northshore Technical Community College

With a ranking of #8, Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. NLTCC is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Minden.

Read More…

#8

Nunez Community College

Chalmette, LA

Nunez Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate culinary arts programs. Nunez Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Chalmette.

Read More…

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 215
Georgia 864
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
Virginia 357
West Virginia 59
Tennessee 104
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Mississippi 320

Culinary Arts is one of 4 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Culinary Arts Concentrations

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 9 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.

Featured Schools

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.