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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Mississippi

13 Colleges
$20,111 Avg Salary
$18,357 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #13 most popular major in Mississippi with 320 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Mississippi 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.

#1

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS

Our 2023 rankings named Hinds Community College the most popular school in Mississippi for culinary arts students. Hinds Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Raymond.

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The excellent programs at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Jones County Junior College

Ellisville, MS

Out of the 13 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jones County Junior College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Ellisville, Jones County Junior College is a public college with a small student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mississippi University for Women is a great place for culinary arts students. MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holmes Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Mississippi list. Holmes Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Goodman.

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#5

Coahoma Community College

Clarksdale, MS

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

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Northeast Mississippi Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for culinary arts students. It came in at #7 on the list. Northeast Mississippi Community College is a small public school located in the town of Booneville.

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Mississippi Delta 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. Mississippi Delta Community College is a small public school located in the town of Moorhead.

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With a ranking of #8, East Mississippi Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. EMCC is a small public school located in the remote area of Scooba.

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#10

Meridian Community College

Meridian, MS

With a ranking of #10, Meridian Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Located in the town of Meridian, MCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 864
South Carolina 215
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
Louisiana 367
Virginia 357
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Tennessee 104

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 13 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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