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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Arkansas

9 Colleges
$21,128 Avg Salary
$17,953 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arkansas. With 283 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Arkansas 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 University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. UA Pulaski Tech is a small public school located in the small city of North Little Rock.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means NorthWest Arkansas Community College is a great place for culinary arts students. NWACC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Bentonville.

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#3

Ozarka College

Melbourne, AR

The excellent programs at Ozarka College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Arkansas. Ozarka College is a fairly small public school located in the remote area of Melbourne.

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The excellent programs at Arkansas State University Mid-South helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Arkansas. Located in the suburb of West Memphis, ASU Mid-South is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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#5

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

The excellent programs at Arkansas Tech University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Arkansas. ATU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Russellville.

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Black River 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. Black River Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Pocahontas.

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South Arkansas Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in the remote town of El Dorado, SouthArk is a public college with a small student population.

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Arkansas State University - Newport came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Arkansas ranking. ASUN is a small public school located in the rural area of Newport.

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Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in the rural area of De Queen, UA Cossatot is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 864
South Carolina 215
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
Louisiana 367
Virginia 357
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Tennessee 104
Mississippi 320

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 9 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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