by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef is the 367th most popular major in the country with 4,322 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 1,253 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major” ranking, we looked at 97 colleges that offer a degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a private for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 62 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Culinary Institute of America. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major. Located in Hyde Park, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 201 degrees to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Culinary Institute Inc. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. Culinary Institute Inc is a small private for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 20 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at Culinary Institute LeNotre
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. JWU Charlotte is a small school located in Charlotte, North Carolina that handed out 70 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking, coming in at #6. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 155 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full JWU Providence Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
The Art Institute of San Antonio came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Full Ai San Antonio Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
The Art Institute of Atlanta did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking, coming in at #8. The Art Institute of Atlanta is a small school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 9 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at The Art Institute of Atlanta
The Art Institute of Dallas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. The Art Institute of Dallas is a small private for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 5 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, The Art Institute of Houston did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at Ai Houston
City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 23 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Niagara County Community College ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. Niagara County Community College is located in Sanborn, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.
Full Niagara County Community College Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
The Art Institute of Austin came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 2 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Sullivan University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. This small school is located in Louisville, Kentucky, and it awarded 29 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Sullivan University Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
Stratford University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. Stratford University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Navajo Technical University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. Located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2020-2021.
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AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. International Fine Arts College is a private for-profit institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southwestern Oregon Community College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. Southwestern Oregon Community College is a small public school situated in Coos Bay, Oregon. It awarded 10 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at Southwestern Oregon Community College
Lackawanna College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 11 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Sullivan County Community College landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. SUNY Sullivan is a public institution located in Loch Sheldrake, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sullivan County Community College Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
White Mountains Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking, coming in at #21. Located in Berlin, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified associates’s baking and pastry arts students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at White Mountains Community College
Seattle Central College landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 17 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Seattle Central College Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
Carteret Community College ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major list. This small school is located in Morehead City, North Carolina, and it awarded 7 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Carteret Community College Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Report
Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder landed the #24 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Boulder is a private for-profit institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Hudson County Community College landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Baking & Pastry Arts Major ranking. Hudson County Community College is a medium-sized school located in Jersey City, New Jersey that handed out 11 associates’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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