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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas
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In 2021-2022, 1,430 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Texas 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 Texas
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 Lee College the most popular school in Texas for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Women make up 28% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 68 students majoring in culinary arts at El Centro College, 47% are male and 53% are female.
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The in-demand basic certificate programs at St Philip’s College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Texas. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college 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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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Collin County Community College District helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Texas. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of McKinney.
Women make up 77% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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Out of the 19 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarrant County College District landed the # 5 spot on the list. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.
About 59% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 41% are male.
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Lamar Institute of Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the medium-sized city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.
Of the 18 students majoring in culinary arts at Lamar Institute of Technology, 28% are male and 72% are female.
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Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate culinary arts programs. Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 65% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #7, South Plains College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Women make up 59% of the culinary arts majors at the school.
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South Texas College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate culinary arts programs. Located in the city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 71% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 29% are male.
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Texas State Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 18 students majoring in culinary arts at TSTC, 44% are male and 56% are female.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 376 |
Oklahoma | 332 |
New Mexico | 109 |
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
Most Popular Related Majors
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 19 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.