General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general cooking & related culinary arts students pursuing a degree.
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Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall general cooking & related culinary arts education in Arkansas.
Leading the list is Northwest Arkansas Community College, our #1 school for general cooking & related culinary arts. Located in the city of Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas Community College is a large public university. About 16 general cooking & related culinary arts degrees were awarded at Northwest Arkansas Community College in the most recent year. Soon after graduation, general cooking & related culinary arts degree recipients from Northwest Arkansas Community College generally make around $26,011. Typical student debt for the program is $12,500.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
