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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Texas

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$25,460 Avg Salary
$19,244 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

In 2021-2022, 1,430 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in Texas 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 Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin to be the most popular school for culinary arts students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. Located in the city of Austin, Escoffier - Austin is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#2

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

The excellent programs at El Centro College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Texas. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Lee College

Baytown, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lee College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 31 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, St Philip’s College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college with a large student population.

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#5

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, TX

Out of the 31 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Culinary Institute Inc landed the # 5 spot on the list. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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With a ranking of #6, Collin County Community College District did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of McKinney.

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The Culinary School of Fort Worth ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Texas list. The Culinary School of Fort Worth is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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With a ranking of #8, San Jacinto Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Houston Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

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El Paso Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 376
Oklahoma 332
New Mexico 109

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 25 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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