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Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey

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Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 167 degrees and certificates were awarded to culinary arts students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #16 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. 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.

The Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Brookdale Community College the most popular school in New Jersey for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in culinary arts at Brookdale Community College, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Ocean County Vocational-Technical School helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in New Jersey. OCVTS is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Toms River.

Women make up 67% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Passaic County Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. PCCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Paterson.

About 85% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 15% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bergen Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Paramus, Bergen Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Atlantic Cape Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in New Jersey. Atlantic Cape Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Mays Landing.

About 71% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 29% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Community Career & Technical Institute. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. NCCTI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Newark.

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Middlesex County College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate culinary arts programs. Middlesex County College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Edison.

Of the 2 students majoring in culinary arts at Middlesex County College, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Rowan College at Burlington County ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. RCBC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Mount Laurel.

Women make up 67% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

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Hudson County Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. HCCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Jersey City.

Full Culinary Arts at Hudson County Community College Report

Sussex County Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. Sussex County Community College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Newton.

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Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,514
Pennsylvania 327
Maryland 153
Delaware 30

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 14 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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