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Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Texas

2023 Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Texas

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

Finding the Best Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in Texas 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 The Culinary School of Fort Worth the most popular school in Texas for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. The Culinary School of Fort Worth is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

Women make up 53% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts graduates from The Culinary School of Fort Worth carry an average student debt load of $8,205.

Full Culinary Arts at The Culinary School of Fort Worth Report

#2

Culinary Institute Inc

Houston, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Culinary Institute Inc is a great place for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Culinary Institute LeNotre is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

Of the 40 students majoring in culinary arts at Culinary Institute LeNotre, 60% are male and 40% are female.

Culinary Arts majors at Culinary Institute LeNotre take out an average of $11,463 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at Culinary Institute Inc

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at San Jacinto Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Texas. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a very large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 37% are male.

Full Culinary Arts at San Jacinto Community College Report

Out of the 22 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, El Paso Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in culinary arts at El Paso Community College, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Read full report on Culinary Arts at El Paso Community College

#5

Texarkana College

Texarkana, TX

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Texarkana College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular culinary arts schools in Texas. Located in the city of Texarkana, Texarkana College is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in culinary arts at Texarkana College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts graduates from Texarkana College carry an average student debt load of $8,163.

Full Culinary Arts at Texarkana College Report

#6

Grayson College

Denison, TX

Grayson College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Culinary Arts Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Texas list. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 82% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

Full Culinary Arts at Grayson College Report

#7

Odessa College

Odessa, TX

With a ranking of #7, Odessa College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Odessa College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Odessa.

About 77% of the students majoring in culinary arts at the school are women while 23% are male.

Full Culinary Arts at Odessa College Report

Alvin Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate culinary arts programs. Located in the suburb of Alvin, Alvin is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in culinary arts at Alvin, 78% are male and 22% are female.

Full Culinary Arts at Alvin Community College Report

#8

St Philip's College

San Antonio, TX

With a ranking of #8, St Philip’s College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of San Antonio, St Philip's College is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in culinary arts at St Philip's College, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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With a ranking of #10, Houston Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for culinary arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Women make up 71% of the culinary arts majors at the school.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, culinary arts majors at Houston Community College accumulate an average of around $22,358 in student debt.

Full Culinary Arts at Houston Community College Report

Best Culinary Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Culinary Arts Colleges 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 22 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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