If you plan on majoring in culinary arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #97 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Culinary Arts Schools in Florida ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,298 degrees in culinary arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The culinary arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for culinary arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Culinary Arts Schools in Florida list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the culinary arts degree levels they offer.
It is hard to beat Valencia College if you want to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #523 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Valencia College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 342 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Valencia College in the most recent year we have data available. Culinary Arts degree recipients from Valencia College get an earnings boost of approximately $2,195 above the average income of culinary arts graduates.
Miami Dade College is a good decision for students interested in a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #891 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means MDC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 154 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at MDC in the most recent data year. Those culinary arts students who get their degree from Miami Dade College make $6,146 more than the typical culinary arts graduate.
It is difficult to beat Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale if you wish to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale. A Best Colleges rank of #176 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 58 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale in the most recent data year. Culinary Arts degree recipients from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale get an earnings boost of around $3,939 above the typical income of culinary arts majors.
It's hard to beat AI Miami International University of Art and Design if you want to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Located in the city of Miami, International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were about 18 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at International Fine Arts College in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the culinary arts program at AI Miami International University of Art and Design make $5,809 more than the typical college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Located in the city of Daytona Beach, Daytona State College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 45th out of 77 schools for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 23 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Daytona State College in the most recent data year.
Pensacola State is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Pensacola. This college ranks 51st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 22 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Pensacola State in the most recent data year.
Indian River State College is a large public college located in the suburb of Fort Pierce. This college ranks 36th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 15 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Indian River State College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Melbourne, EFSC is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 35th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 2 culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at EFSC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The culinary arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Culinary Arts rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for culinary arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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