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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Louisiana

12 Colleges
$21,027 Avg Salary
$14,084 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

With 367 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #15 most popular major in Louisiana.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in Louisiana 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for culinary arts majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named Crescent City Bartending School the most popular school in Louisiana for culinary arts students. Crescent Schools is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SOWELA Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public school with a small student population.

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#3

Louisiana Culinary Institute

Baton Rouge, LA

The excellent programs at Louisiana Culinary Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Louisiana. Louisiana Culinary Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Baton Rouge.

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#4

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Nicholls State University is a great place for culinary arts students. Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Thibodaux.

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#5

Delgado Community College

New Orleans, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delgado Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Louisiana list. Delgado Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Orleans.

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Bossier Parish Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Bossier Parish Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Bossier City.

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South Louisiana Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Louisiana list. South Louisiana Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.

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#8

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

Baton Rouge Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. BRCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge.

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Northshore Technical Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Louisiana list. Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Lacombe.

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#10

Nunez Community College

Chalmette, LA

Nunez Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Louisiana ranking. Nunez Community College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Chalmette.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 864
South Carolina 215
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
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 12 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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