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Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania

34 Colleges
$26,626 Avg Salary
$14,134 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

In 2021-2022, 327 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #17 most popular major in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in Pennsylvania 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 The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College the most popular school in Pennsylvania for culinary arts students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 34 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery County Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pittsburgh Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pittsburgh Technical College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Oakdale.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Commonwealth Technical Institute. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. CTI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Johnstown.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend YTI Career Institute-York. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. YTI is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of York.

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Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Penn College is a small public school located in the city of Williamsport.

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#7

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

Lackawanna College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Indiana.

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Westmoreland County Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #9 on the list. Westmoreland College is a small public school located in the rural area of Youngwood.

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Harrisburg Area Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,514
New Jersey 167
Maryland 153
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 34 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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