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Culinary Institute of America was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is personal & culinary services.
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The Culinary Institute of America was not ranked in College Factual's 2025 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
Culinary Institute of America has an acceptance rate of 95%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for The Culinary Institute of America.
About 22% of students accepted to The Culinary Institute of America submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 630. Math scores were between 480 and 610.
At Culinary Institute of America, the student to faculty ratio is 20 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Culinary Institute of America is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Culinary Institute of America is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,102 full-time undergraduates at The Culinary Institute of America.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,370 | $26,835 | $29,937 | $34,967 | $34,412 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of The Culinary Institute of America, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At The Culinary Institute of America, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $12,704 a year. That adds up to $50,816 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for The Culinary Institute of America are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY 12538-1499 |
| Phone: | 845-452-9600 |
| Website: | www.ciachef.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Culinary Arts | 661 | $43,808 |
| Hospitality Management | 259 | $35,865 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 31 | $32,450 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,612 students took at least one online class at Culinary Institute of America. This is a decrease from the 1,859 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,612 | 126 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,859 | 259 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,646 | 376 |
| 2018-2019 | 22 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Culinary Institute of America.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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