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Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in South Carolina

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in South Carolina

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$15,633 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

With 215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, culinary arts is the #13 most popular major in South Carolina.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 South Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in South Carolina 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.

Check out the culinary arts programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in South Carolina.

#1

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Trident Technical College the most popular school in South Carolina for culinary arts students. Located in the city of Charleston, Trident Technical College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent programs at Horry-Georgetown Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in South Carolina. Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Conway.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Greenville Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spartanburg Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Spartanburg, Spartanburg Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Bob Jones University

Greenville, SC

Out of the 8 schools in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Bob Jones University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, Bob Jones University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Technical College of the Lowcountry 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. TCL is a small public school located in the town of Beaufort.

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Northeastern Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in South Carolina ranking. Northeastern Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Cheraw.

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With a ranking of #8, Denmark Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Located in the rural area of Denmark, DTC is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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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
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
West Virginia 59
Virginia 357
Louisiana 367
Tennessee 104
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
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 8 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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