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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Maryland

8 Colleges
$23,656 Avg Salary
$12,096 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

With 153 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #12 most popular major in Maryland.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

The Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Maryland 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 analysis found Anne Arundel Community College to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. AACC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Arnold.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lincoln College of Technology - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Maryland list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Lincoln Tech - Columbia is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

Howard Community College

Columbia, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Howard Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Maryland list. HCC is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prince George’s Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Maryland list. Located in the large suburb of Largo, PGCC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Allegany College of Maryland is a great place for culinary arts students. Located in the city of Cumberland, Allegany College of Maryland is a public school with a small student population.

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Frederick Community 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. Located in the city of Frederick, Frederick Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#6

Montgomery College

Rockville, MD

Montgomery College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Montgomery College is a large public school located in the small city of Rockville.

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#8

Chesapeake College

Wye Mills, MD

Chesapeake College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Maryland ranking. Chesapeake College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wye Mills.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,514
Pennsylvania 327
New Jersey 167
Delaware 30

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 8 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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