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Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Alaska

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Alaska

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in Alaska with 33 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Trade Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alaska to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Fairbanks the most popular school in Alaska for culinary arts students. Located in the small suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Culinary Arts at University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

The excellent programs at University of Alaska Anchorage helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Alaska. UAA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Anchorage.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at University of Alaska Anchorage

The excellent programs at Alaska Vocational Technical Center helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Alaska. AVTEC is a fairly small public school located in the remote area of Seward.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Alaska Vocational Technical Center

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 342
California 1,378
Oregon 123
Nevada 74
Hawaii 212

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 3 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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