The main focus area for this major is Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Culinary Arts is a major offered under the personal and culinary services program of study at The Art Institute of Austin. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in culinary arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at Ai Austin was ranked #224 on College Factual's Best Schools for culinary arts list. It is also ranked #21 in Texas.
Here are some of the other rankings for Ai Austin.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Ai Austin was $535 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $19,260 | $19,260 |
Fees | $94 | $94 |
Books and Supplies | $600 | $600 |
Learn more about Ai Austin tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Ai Austin in Culinary Arts walked away with an average of $38,932 in student debt. That is 11% higher than the national average of $35,148.
culinary arts who receive their bachelor’s degree from Ai Austin make an average of $28,816 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $28,635.
Online degrees for the Ai Austin culinary arts bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Ai Austin Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in culinary arts in 2019-2020, 20.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 63.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts at Ai Austin in 2019-2020, 60.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 1 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Culinary Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager | 5 |
*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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