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Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Mexico

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Mexico

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #14 most popular major in New Mexico with 109 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the most popular school in New Mexico for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 70 students majoring in culinary arts at CNM, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Out of the 2 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Fe Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Santa Fe, SFCC is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 376
Texas 1,430
Oklahoma 332

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 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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