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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina
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With 811 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #11 most popular major in North Carolina.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
The Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in North Carolina 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.
2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Wake Technical Community College the most popular school in North Carolina for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Wake Technical Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Raleigh.
Of the 42 students majoring in culinary arts at Wake Technical Community College, 40% are male and 60% are female.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Piedmont Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a large student population.
About 81% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 19% are male.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Coastal Carolina Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Coastal Carolina Community College is a small public school located in the city of Jacksonville.
Women make up 73% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Guilford Technical Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Guilford Technical Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Jamestown.
Women make up 52% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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Out of the 23 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Nash Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Nash Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Rocky Mount.
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Sandhills 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. Located in the rural area of Pinehurst, SCC is a public school with a small student population.
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Alamance Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.
Women make up 67% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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Fayetteville Technical Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the midsize city of Fayetteville, FTCC is a public school with a large student population.
Women make up 72% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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Lenoir 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 #8 on the list. Located in the town of Kinston, Lenoir Community College is a public school with a small student population.
About 63% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 38% are male.
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Carteret 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 #10 on the list. Located in the distant town of Morehead City, Carteret Community College is a public college with a small student population.
Women make up 38% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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South Carolina | 215 |
Georgia | 864 |
Arkansas | 283 |
Florida | 1,298 |
West Virginia | 59 |
Louisiana | 367 |
Virginia | 357 |
Alabama | 94 |
Kentucky | 359 |
Tennessee | 104 |
Mississippi | 320 |
Majors Related to Culinary Arts
One of 4 majors within the trade school area of study, culinary arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Culinary Arts Focus Areas
Majors Similar to Culinary Arts
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 23 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.
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