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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Tennessee

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #23 most popular major in Tennessee with 104 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Tennessee 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for culinary arts majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Remington College - Memphis Campus to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Remington College - Memphis Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Memphis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nashville State Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Nashville, Nashville State Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Walters State Community College is a great place for culinary arts students. WSCC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Morristown.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee College of Applied Technology - McMinnville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the distant town of McMinnville, TCAT - McMinnville is a public school with a fairly small student population.

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#6

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.

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Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN

Southern Adventist University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Southern Adventist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Collegedale.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 215
Georgia 864
Arkansas 283
North Carolina 811
Florida 1,298
Virginia 357
Louisiana 367
West Virginia 59
Alabama 94
Kentucky 359
Mississippi 320

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

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 7 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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