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2024 Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Schools in the Southwest Region

11 Colleges in the Southwest Region
413 Baking & Pastry Arts Degrees Awarded
A degree in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #367 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 413 degrees in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef School

Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Schools in the Southwest Region The baking & pastry arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Baking & Pastry Arts

The baking & pastry arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Schools in the Southwest Region. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef in the Southwest Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the baking & pastry arts degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Southwest Region Schools in Baking & Pastry Arts

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El Centro College
Dallas, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In TX
32 Baking & Pastry Arts Degrees Awarded

It is difficult to beat El Centro College if you wish to pursue a degree in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #362 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means El Centro College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 32 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at El Centro College in the most recent data year.

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2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX

It is hard to beat Houston Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. Houston Community College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Houston. A Best Colleges rank of #308 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Houston Community College is a great college overall.

There were approximately 19 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

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St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In TX
50 Baking & Pastry Arts Degrees Awarded

St Philip's College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef. St Philip's College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of San Antonio. This college ranks 46th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were approximately 50 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at St Philip's College in the most recent data year.

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4
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In TX

Any student who is interested in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef needs to check out San Jacinto Community College. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 36th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were approximately 12 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at San Jacinto College in the most recent data year.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX
85 Baking & Pastry Arts Degrees Awarded

Escoffier - Austin is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Austin.

There were about 85 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at Escoffier - Austin in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef from Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts - Austin

6
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In TX
30.8% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 33rd out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were approximately 13 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at Austin Community College District in the most recent data year.

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Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
14th Most Popular In TX

Located in the city of Corpus Christi, DMC is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #613 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means DMC is a great college overall.

There were about 2 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at DMC in the most recent year we have data available.

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8
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
13th Most Popular In TX

Located in the large city of Houston, Ai Houston is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

There were approximately 4 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at Ai Houston in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef from The Art Institute of Houston

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
10th Most Popular In TX

The Art Institute of Dallas is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

There were about 5 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at The Art Institute of Dallas in the most recent data year.

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Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In TX

Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 70th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 19 baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef students who graduated with this degree at El Paso Community College in the most recent data year.

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Best Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef Colleges by State

Explore the best baking & pastry arts/baker/pastry chef schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 905 176
Arizona 670 13
New Mexico 416 3

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One of 11 majors within the Culinary Arts area of study, Baking & Pastry Arts/Baker/Pastry Chef has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Culinary Arts/Chef Training 1,224
General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts 383
Restaurant, Culinary, & Catering Management/Manager 75
Food Service, Waiter/Waitress, & Dining Room Management/Manager 49
Food Preparation/Professional Cooking/Kitchen Assistant 38
Institutional Food Workers 35
Culinary Science/Culinology 11
Other Culinary Arts & Related Services 10
Meat Cutting/Meat Cutter 8
Bartending/Bartender 1

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