by our College Data Analytics TeamCulinary Arts is a major offered under the personal and culinary services program of study at The Art Institute of Houston. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in culinary arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Ai Houston was $535 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,260 | $19,260 |
| Fees | $94 | $94 |
| Books and Supplies | $600 | $600 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at Ai Houston in Culinary Arts walked away with an average of $24,056 in student debt. That is 36% higher than the national average of $17,705.
The median early career salary of culinary arts students who receive their associate degree from Ai Houston is $24,977 per year. That is 3% higher than the national average of $24,331.
Online degrees for the Ai Houston culinary arts associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Ai Houston Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.4% of the culinary arts students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 60.3%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in culinary arts at Ai Houston in 2019-2020, 63.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 47%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 12 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 14 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Culinary Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef | 11 |
| Culinary Arts/Chef Training | 33 |
*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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