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Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in West Virginia

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in West Virginia

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

In 2021-2022, 59 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in West Virginia 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 analysis found Blue Ridge Community and Technical College to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in West Virginia. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Martinsburg.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Pierpont Community and Technical College is a great place for culinary arts students. Located in the town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at West Virginia Northern Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in West Virginia. WVNCC is a small public school located in the small city of Wheeling.

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Out of the 6 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Mountwest Community and Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. MCTC is a small public school located in the suburb of Huntington.

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Carver Career Center

Charleston, WV

The excellent programs at Carver Career Center helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in West Virginia. Carver Career Center is a fairly small public school located in the suburb of Charleston.

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James Rumsey Technical Institute landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Martinsburg, James Rumsey Technical Institute is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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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
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 6 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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