2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You
Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 19,784 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 75 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for culinary arts majors pursuing a .
Top 15% Most Popular Culinary Arts Schools
Our analysis found Ivy Tech Community College to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.
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The excellent programs at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Kennedy-King College is a small public school located in the city of Chicago.
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The excellent programs at College of Lake County helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Grayslake, College of Lake County is a public school with a fairly large student population.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Elgin Community College is a great place for culinary arts students. ECC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Elgin.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sinclair Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Dayton.
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Fox Valley Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.
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Grand Rapids Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Community College is a public school with a large student population.
Cuyahoga Community College District came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Community College District is a public school with a large student population.
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Schoolcraft College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the city of Livonia, Schoolcraft College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
National Louis University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
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Gateway Technical College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Gateway Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha.
Honorable Mentions
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
Rank | College | Location |
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12 | Madison Area Technical College | Madison, WI |
13 | Joliet Junior College | Joliet, IL |
14 | Cincinnati State Technical and Community College | Cincinnati, OH |
15 | Baker College | Owosso, MI |
Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best culinary arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Michigan | 413 |
Indiana | 181 |
Wisconsin | 333 |
Ohio | 305 |
Illinois | 668 |
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 | 107,895 |
Funeral & Mortuary Science | 2,354 |
Casino Operations and Services | 192 |
Other Personal & Culinary Services | 81 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 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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