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Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia

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$20,089 Avg Salary
$10,217 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in West Virginia to see which undergraduate certificate 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Blue Ridge Community and Technical College the most popular school in West Virginia for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. 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 West Virginia Northern Community College is a great place for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. WVNCC is a small public school located in the city of Wheeling.

Of the 5 students majoring in culinary arts at WVNCC, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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Carver Career Center

Charleston, WV

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Carver Career Center is a great place for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Carver Career Center is a small public school located in the suburb of Charleston.

Women make up 20% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at James Rumsey Technical Institute helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in West Virginia. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Martinsburg, James Rumsey Technical Institute is a public college with a small student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 57% are male.

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Out of the 6 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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Mountwest Community and Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for culinary arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. MCTC is a small public school located in the suburb of Huntington.

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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.

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