General Cooking & Related Culinary Arts programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2027 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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If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the general cooking & related culinary arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Northwest Arkansas Community College tops our 2027 ranking of the best general cooking & related culinary arts schools. Set in the city of Bentonville, Northwest Arkansas Community College is a large public institution. There were roughly 24 general cooking & related culinary arts students who graduated with this degree at Northwest Arkansas Community College in the most recent data year. Graduates of the general cooking & related culinary arts program make about $26,011 in their early career. Northwest Arkansas Community College graduates carry a median of $12,500 in student loans.
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A rank of #2 makes Arkansas Tech University one of the top schools for general cooking & related culinary arts. Arkansas Tech University is a large public school located in the town of Russellville. The six-year graduation rate is 44%. About 16 general cooking & related culinary arts degrees were awarded at Arkansas Tech University in the most recent year. Soon after graduation, general cooking & related culinary arts degree recipients from Arkansas Tech University generally make around $45,115. Students borrow a median of $23,257 to complete this degree.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, 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.
