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Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Basic Certificate School for You

Culinary Arts is the #21 most popular major in Minnesota with 125 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Minnesota 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.


 

Check out the culinary arts basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Minnesota.

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the most popular school in Minnesota for culinary arts students working on their basic certificate. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Brooklyn Park.

Women make up 72% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

Full Culinary Arts at Hennepin Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hibbing Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the town of Hibbing, Hibbing Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in culinary arts at Hibbing Community College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#3

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 5 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Paul College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Saint Paul College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Full Culinary Arts at Saint Paul College Report

#3

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

Out of the 5 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Normandale Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Normandale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

Full Culinary Arts at Normandale Community College Report

Out of the 5 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Full Culinary Arts at Minneapolis Community and Technical College Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 96
Missouri 87
South Dakota 3
Iowa 200
North Dakota 4
Nebraska 130

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 5 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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