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2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Minnesota

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts School for You

Culinary Arts is the #21 most popular major in Minnesota with 125 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Minnesota 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

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the most popular school in Minnesota for culinary arts students. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park.

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#1

Saint Paul College

Saint Paul, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Paul College the most popular school in Minnesota for culinary arts students. Saint Paul College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

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The excellent programs at St Cloud Technical and Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best culinary arts schools in Minnesota. St Cloud Technical and Community College is a small public school located in the city of Saint Cloud.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State Community and Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Trade Schools in Minnesota list. M State is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Fergus Falls.

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Out of the 10 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Hibbing Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Hibbing, Hibbing Community College is a public school with a small student population.

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#6

South Central College

North Mankato, MN

South Central College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular culinary arts programs. South Central College is a small public school located in the suburb of North Mankato.

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Southwest Minnesota State University 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. Located in the town of Marshall, Southwest Minnesota State University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Central Lakes College - Brainerd did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Central Lakes College is a small public school located in the remote town of Brainerd.

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#9

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

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

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With a ranking of #10, Minneapolis Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 96
Missouri 87
South Dakota 3
Iowa 200
North Dakota 4
Nebraska 130

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 10 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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