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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the New England Region

25 Colleges
$29,028 Avg Salary
$17,772 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 22,075 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

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 New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the New England Region 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 Johnson & Wales University - Providence to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lincoln Technical Institute - Shelton. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Shelton, Lincoln Tech - Shelton is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Bunker Hill Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in the New England Region . BHCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Boston.

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#4

Bristol Community College

Fall River, MA

Out of the 25 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Bristol is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Fall River.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massasoit Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Brockton, Massasoit Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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Manchester Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. MCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Manchester.

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With a ranking of #7, Norwalk Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. NCC is a small public school located in the city of Norwalk.

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North Shore Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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White Mountains 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. Located in the remote town of Berlin, White Mountains Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#9

Gateway Community College

New Haven, CT

Gateway Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Gateway Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best culinary arts schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 97
Maine 29
Connecticut 151
Rhode Island 403
New Hampshire 17

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

Majors Similar to Culinary Arts

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 25 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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