by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Baking & Pastry Arts Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 4,322 people earned their degree in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef, making the major the 367th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 42 baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Baking & Pastry Arts Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in baking and pastry arts/baker/pastry chef.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree baking & pastry arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Providence. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Baking & Pastry Arts Major for a Bachelor’s list. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 31 bachelors’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at JWU Providence
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Baking & Pastry Arts Major for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College landed the #2 spot on the list. The Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College is a small private for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 6 bachelors’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Baking & Pastry Arts Major for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Paul Smiths, New York, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Culinary Institute of America. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Baking & Pastry Arts Major for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Hyde Park, New York, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s baking and pastry arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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